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2 Page 68 — Middle of the page.
3 Khooshwuqt Raee says the Akalees intended to have
4 taken their revenge upon the mission by a night attack, to
5 prevent which Runjeet Singh sent 500 of his best troops
6 to mount guard about Sir Charles Metcalfe's camp.
7 In the morning, Sir Charles moved to a greater distance
8 from Umritsur, and the Akalees dug up and burned the
9 buried biers and every relic they could find of the Mohume-
10 dan rite.
11 Page 77 — Middle of the page.
12 SuNSAR Chund played a double part through the whole
13 of this negociation. After his engagement with Runjeet
14 Singh, he entered into treaty with Umur Singh, promis-
15 ing to surrender the fort to him, and thus obtaining leave
16 to bring away his family, contrived to throw into the place
17 his brother with four months supplies, thus hoping to keep
18 it against both claimants. Runjeet Singh, however, seiz-
19 ed Unrodh Chund as a hostage, and obtaining from
20 Sunsar Chund an order to be received into the place, brib-
21 ed Umur Singh, whose army was sickly and pressed for
22 supplies, in order to secure access to the gate, when no
23 opposition was ofifered to his entrance.
24 Page 78 — Last line.
25 K. R. saj's that upon Goolab Singh's flying to Run-
26 jeet's camp, Saheb Singh of Goojrat, the father, took
27 fright and fled to Bhimbur, whereupon his whole territory,
28 and the treasure and property in his forts, were quickly taken
29 possession of by Runjeet, and a Jageer of 12,000 Rs. per
30 annum was assigned to Goolab Singh. The plunder of
31 this family is stated to have yielded between five and six
32 lakhs of rupees in cash and seven hundred villages. In
33 1810, Saheb Singh gave himself up and obtained a Jageer
34 of rupees 25,000 per annum.