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2 colours; and Faquir, do you write word and
3 say, that his road and mine are the same, and
4 that he must make some good arrangements by
5 which he may live peaceably, or else the Maha-
6 rajah intends to march against him after the
7 Dusseerah ; and tell him not to say that he was
8 not forewarned.
9 F. — What your Highness ordered is writ-
10 ten.
11 M. — Very well : send it by the Vakeel.
12 To resume the dialogue : —
13 Maharajah. — Call the Rajah Dhyan Singh.
14 Rajah. — -I am here, your Highness.
15 M. — Rajah, send five of your own orderlies,
16 and write to every place, that a gentleman is
17 coming to Lahore by the Attock road : give him
18 one hundred rupees at every stage, twenty
19 maunds of flour, two maunds of rice, a maund
20 of ghee, fifty fowls, ten pots of milk and curds
21 to wash his hair with, five hundred eggs, fire-
22 wood, earthen pots, and whatever he may re-
23 quire : let him have a guard at every stage.
24 Rajah, this is your charge.
25 R. — Truly spoken, your Highness.
26 M. — Misher, send Fattoo Bhayya to call the
27 Jemidar Kooshiyal Singh.
28 The Jemidar arrives.
29 M, — Jemidar, do you also as I have ordered
30 the Rajah, and write to your district, that the