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I then came back to the Tent & told my Master the situation in which he I found the Decd. He bid me go & tell the Khalassies to untie his arms and hands, I did so, but they paid no regard to the message.
I helped him up and took to the place where the Khalassies lived, under a Mango tree, & I made him sit down; & left him tied & pinioned & came & acqd the Prisoner that the Chok[ILL] not there and that Khalassies had taken him to their place but would not unbind him. To [which] Prisoner said why don’t they unbind him. Do they mean to kill him. He then sent me again to tell