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 Bentinck—Half-Batta—The Jaws of the Crocodile—The Clipper—Discontent of the Army—Recovery of the Stolen Rupees—The Gosāin—Ram Din—The Ancient Temple     98

CHAPTER XII.

SKETCHES AT ALLAHABAD.

1829.

The Snake-charmer—Ram Leela—Board of Works—The Hukāk—Kurand Patthar—Pebbles from the Soane and Cane Rivers—Raj Ghāt—The Dhrumsālalā]—The Ginee—Temple of H[)u]noomān, Ram, and Seeta—Ravuna the Giant—Bene-Māhadēo—The Adansonia—Little Jack Bunce—Encampment of the Governor-General—Ashes of a Rajah consigned to the Ganges—Christmas-boxes     107

CHAPTER XIII.

REMOVAL TO CAWNPORE—CONFESSIONS OF A THUG.

1830, January.

Removal to Cawnpore—Failure of Messrs. Palmer and Co.—An Appointment at Cawnpore—Removal from Allahabad—The Mowa Tree—Futtehpore—Dead Body in a Well—The Kutcherry—Confessions of a Thug     121

CHAPTER XIV.

RESIDENCE AT CAWNPORE.

1830, March.

The Iron-shod Lāthī—Coins of Sekunder al Sāni—Hindostanī Song—The first Thermantidote—Dāk to Cawnpore—The Barkandāz—The Station—Sand-storm—Indian Method of Washing the Hair—Pukka Houses and Bungalows—The Ayha's Revenge—Horses Poisoned—The Isle of France—The Visionary Old Man—Influence of Women in India—Gambling—Eating the Air—The Ayha's Trowsers—Darzees—Refuge of the Distressed—Signet-rings—-The Durwān—Ganges Water—Small-pox—Grass-cutters—Beauty of a Night in India—Forgery—Qui hy?—Winged Ants and Bugs—The Moon—A Set-to—Revenge of a Sā'īs—Soldiers in Hospital—Arrak—The Chārpāī—A New Servant—Unpopularity of the Governor-General     132

CHAPTER XV.

THE THUG'S DICE.

1830, October.

The Thug's Dice—-Execution of Eleven Thugs     151