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CONFESSIONS
OF
A THUG.

CHAPTER I.

the thug's introduction to the reader, and an event in his history which determines his future career.

YOU ask me, Sahib[1], for an account of my life; my relation of it will be understood by you, as you are acquainted with the peculiar habits of my countrymen; and if, as you say, you intend it for the information of your own, I have no hesitation in relating the whole; for though I have accepted the service of Europeans, in my case one of bondage, I cannot

  1. Sir.