[* In the interval, during which Singjoo held this village, he had added to its boundaries a good deal of land belonging to himself and others, under the impression that he was secure in the hereditary possession.  The sipahee’s family seized upon all these lands, while they paid Government only the old rate of revenue.  The widow of Singjoo has been ever since trying to recover them, in the usual way, by night attacks, and a good many lives have been lost on both sides, but most on the side of the sipahee’s family.  December 4th, 1851.]

Seodeen, another leader of the same tribe, had been seized in the same manner by Man Sing’s father, Dursun Sing, in October, 1830; and soon after three of his nephews were seized, and all four died in gaol at Lucknow; but Chunda and Indul, the brothers of these three men, are still among the most formidable robbers of the district.  Hardly a night passes without their plundering some village or other, though Chunda continues to hold his estate, which yields 2250 rupees a-year, under the security of Seetla Buksh, the commandant of the Jannissaree battalion, for the payment of four hundred and fifty rupees a-year.  The other robbers of the Dureeabad Rodowlee district, most formidable, are—­

1.  Imambuksh, above described, as having seized the marriage party.  In October last he attacked the town of Syud Mahomedpore, killed three of the Syud proprietors, and plundered it of all he could find.  In the interval between his being driven out of his stronghold and restored, he attacked and plundered no less than twelve villages, in the same purgunna of Bussooree Mowae.  In one of them, Myrmow, belonging to Ameer Chowdheree, he killed no less than twelve of the inhabitants.  He still keeps up his gang, and plunders, though restored to his estate on his own terms.*

[* The death of this robber, Imam Buksh, has been already described in a note.]

2.  Junuck Sing, Behraleea, and his brother, Jeskurun, only twenty days ago, attacked, plundered, and burnt down the town of Meeangunge, through which we passed this morning, and carried off all the inhabitants from whom they thought they could extort any ransom.  Only two days ago, they attacked and plundered the village of Bhojpore, belonging to Soorujbulee Canoongo, one of the most respectable men in the district; and cut off the hands of six persons, one of whom died from loss of blood.  The next day they attacked and plundered Gorawa, a village belonging to the same person, and burnt it down.  Two of the inhabitants were severely wounded, and many bullocks perished in the flames.  Within the last year they have taken off more than two thousand head of cattle from the purgunna of Soorujpore Behreyla, in which these villages are situated.  Their chief associates in the crimes they commit every day are Chunda and Indul, their clansmen above named.

3.  Daood Khan, zumeendar of Sundona, in Mowae Bussooree.  He has murdered several of his co-sharers in the estate, and taken their lands—­frightened out others, and taken theirs, and at the head of his band of ruffians he robs on the highway, and plunders villages.