Meer Hassan Ali, B.: Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: descriptive of their manners, customs, habits, and religious opinions ; made during a twelve years residence in their immediate Society (Band 2) (London, 1832)

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made to kneel down, I seated the blind man
safely on my beast, and set off with him to the
city he called his home. Arrived at the city
gates, I lowered my camel, and offered to
assist the poor man in descending from his
seat; but, to my astonishment, he commenced
abusing me for my barefaced wickedness, col-
lected a mob around us, by his cries for help
from his persecutor, declared himself the
master of the camel, and accused me of
attempting to rob him now as I had done
his brother before.

" ' So plausible was his speech—so apparently
innocent and just his demands that the
whole collected populace believed I was actually
attempting to defraud the blind man of his pro-
perty, and treated me in consequence with
great severity. I demanded to be taken before
the Kauzy of the city. Yes, yes, said the
blind man, we will have you before the
Kauzy; and away we went, accompanied
by the crowd who had espoused the blind man's
cause against me.

'"The blind man preferred his claim, and