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A little hidge, & then went into the compound where the stack was. The Jamidar seeing many flies over & about the straw stack, pokes under it with a stick & shoved the straw a little aside, whereby he discovered a Gunny bag & two feet hung out from the mouth of the bag.
Beharry then ordered me to remove the straw & take the bag out. I did so & taking the body out, I discovered it to be my sister Gunga, not only by her ornaments but by her face, which was not much altered, nor the body much swelled. The neck was broke.