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before that.
He only spoke stoutly and well when he asked me for the water & I refused it, that was 2 or 3 Gurries before night.
When I afterwards carried the water to him and I said I have brought you some water, he only said Lao. His hands being tied I held the bucket up to his mouth & he drank. He did not then appear faint, nor was his countenance changed.
About the first ghurry after it was dark, I saw his head hanging back. I put my hand to his shoulder and said Bengally! Bengally! but he made no answer, whereupon I
went