[A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman]@TWC D-Link bookA Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II CHAPTER V 65/83
The camp- followers assist them, and as our train extends from the ground we leave to that to which we are going, for twelve or fourteen miles, it is impossible, altogether, to prevent such injuries from so undisciplined a band.
The people, however, say, they suffer much less than they would from one-fourth of the number under a contractor marching without an European superior, and I give compensation in flagrant cases.
Captain Weston acts as our Provost Marshal.
He leaves the ground an hour or two after I do, and seizes and severely punishes any one found trespassing. In my ride this morning I found that Nyhussa and Synbunsee are two villages distant about ten miles from our camp, to the south-east-- that all the Byses, who give the name of Byswara to this large district, are called Tilokchundees, from Tilokchund, the founder of the family in Oude.
He had two sons, _Hurhur Deo_ and _Prethee Chund_.
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