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was coming out of my own house with two other persons about 9 o’clock in the morning when Govindram called me in the street & said “I have a Watch for sale” – and requested me to sell it for him. I asked where is it. Govindram took it out of a bit of Cloth in which he had it, & gave it to me, opposite to the Door of Durpnarain Baboo. I asked the price, he answered 500 or at least 450; – but however shew it to people & see what they offer for it. He said if I could sell it he