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to purchase things of tha kind, but thay I wanted a watch for myself, & if he wod let me have it cheap I might perhaps buy it of him.
He said the price was 600 Rs. I told him I wod take it to a watch maker & if it was worth the money I wod give it to him. Not maning to do so, for I was convinced in my own mind that it was a stolen watch. I took down the No. of the Watch and the mans name which he told me was Durga persaud. I desired him to wait there till I went to a Watchmaker, to have the watch ex
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