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Following the Equator
Part 5

CHAPTER XLVII
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A total of two men murdered on the expedition." And here is another case-related by the terrible Futty Khan, a man with a tremendous record, to be re-mentioned by and by: "I, with three others, traveled for about 45 days a distance of about 200 miles in search of victims along the highway to Bundwa and returned by Davodpore (another 200 miles) during which journey we had only one murder, which happened in this manner.

Four miles to the east of Noubustaghat we fell in with a traveler, an old man.

I, with Koshal and Hyder, inveigled him and accompanied him that day within 3 miles of Rampoor, where, after dark, in a lonely place, we got him to sit down and rest; and while I kept him in talk, seated before him, Hyder behind strangled him: he made no resistance.
Koshal stabbed him under the arms and in the throat, and we flung the body into a running stream.

We got about 4 or 5 rupees each ($2 or $2.50).

We then proceeded homewards.


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