On the contrary, I send him south.

I send him to Ajmere, in Rajputana." "In Ajmere ?" cried Linforth.
"Yes.

There is a great Mohammedan shrine.

Pilgrims go there from all parts, but mostly from beyond the frontier.

I get my fingers on the pulse of the frontier in Ajmere more surely than I should if I sent spies up into the hills.