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a great noise; I knew not who first told Prisoner of M’s death. I had occasion.
I heard people say that Munsa was dead. I went alone to see him. The Corpse lay on the back stretched out, with the hands backwards & I found 22 Pegs sticking in the ground near his feet. A Blanket lay over him [which] I did not remove. I asked the Khalassies if he was dead. They answered can’t you see are you blind.
It was very dark, but by the light of a fire I discovered one Peg, the others I did not see.
I guess’d there was another bec: on the opposite side the blanket was a little raised up