3.
believe that the well had been
poisoned ? I think they believed that it had been sentimentally rather than materially poisoned;
for they
are
purifying it by stiching up red paper, tinsel, flowers, and
invocations to the god of the well,
and that is all they
are
doing
tor
cleanse it; in the meantime the well
is closed however!
Igo into the city evvery
morning,
any
and if I observe difference at all in the demeanour
of the people, it is that the men
are
"
sharper in checking the boys when they say "foreign devil, than they were before the excitement.
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The Viceroy's proclamation had
-way good effect; the authorities were accused of being prevented punishing pill dealers by the foreigners ; the Viveray
contradicted that by
proclaiming that he had bicheaded such man; poor fellow ! he was perfectly innocent, but how been sacrificed the altar of expedienay, to satisfy the
made
: prejudices of the people. Theré prodlamation allusion to foreigners, which I think was mise for present per faded,
but whether our permanent interests would be better served by an official denial of our participation in the
not, is another question_
matter
ON
I will let you know if anything