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At one end
was a rude clay image of a white man, in the old-fashioned top-hat,
riding on a bloated tiger.
Bukta salamed reverently as they approached. Chinn bared his head
and began to pick out the blurred inscription. So far as he could
read it ran thus - word for word, and letter for letter:
To the Memory of JOHN CHINN, Esq.
Late Collector of............
....ithout Bloodshed or...error of Authority
Employ.only..cans of Conciliat...and Confiden.
accomplished the...tire Subjection...
a Lawless and Predatory Peop...
....taching them to...ish Government
by a Conquest over....Minds
The most perma...and rational Mode of Domini..
...Governor General and Counc...engal
have ordered thi.....erected
....arted this Life Aug. 19, 184..Ag...
On the other side of the grave were ancient verses, also very worn.
As much as Chinn could decipher said:
....the savage band
Forsook their Haunts and b.....is Command
....mended..rais check a...st for spoil.
And.


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