use the informant's own words--he were "packing a bundle of straw." _Pehloo dena_, to instal as a strangler, of which more hereafter; _Phank_, a useless thing, a traveller without property; _Pungoo_, or _Bungoo_, a river Thug of Bengal, who murdered on board his _kuntee_ or boat; _Phur_, same as _Beyl_, also a spot for dividing the plunder; _Phurjhana_, to clean the murder-spot--after a nocturnal murder, some of the gang were generally left behind to remove any signs of the crime that might be visible by daylight; _Phuruck dena_, to wave a cloth as signal of danger; _Pusur_, the direction of an expedition; _Ruhna_, a temporary grave; _Soon_, a Thug by birth, but not yet initiated; _Saur_, one who escaped from Thugs; _Sotha_, the inveigler; _Tome_, an article of extraordinary value; _Tilha_, a spy; _Thap_, a night encampment; _Tuppul_, a bye-path into which they often inveigled their unsuspecting travelling companions, as more convenient for their purposes. A rich traveller was called "a delicacy;" a poor one "a stick;" an old man "a barber's drum." Some of their signals, too, were quaint. The necessity of caution was inculcated by drawing the back of the hand along the chin, from the throat outwards; the open hand placed over the mouth and drawn gently downwards, implied the absence of danger. "Sweep the place," signified to look out; "bring firewood," take your places--that is, the place assigned to each Thug preparatory to action; "take out the handkerchief with the beetel," get the _roomal_ ready, as already described; "eat beetel," or "hand the beetel," despatch him--this was called the _Jhirnee_, or signal to fall on; "look after the straw," get the body ready for burial; "the straw is come out," jackals have dug up the body. Another form of the _Jhirnee_ was _Ae ho to ghyree chulo_, "if you are come, pray descend." When the scouts wished to report that all was safe, they called out as if to a comrade, "Bajeed Khan," or "Deo," or "Deoseyn." If the scouts saw any danger at hand, or a traveller coming along, they would call out "Sheikh Jee," or "Sheikh Mahommed," if they were Mussulmauns; and "Luchmun Sing," or "Luchee Ram," or "Gunga Ram," if they were Hindoos. Sometimes the advanced guard of a gang, with victims in their power, would meet with a party of travellers, of whom they considered their friends in the rear were capable of disposing. In which case they sent some one back to tell Bajeed Khan, or Deoseyn, to make haste and overtake them. The others receiving this message understood that the coast was clear in front, and on meeting the travellers, lost no time in putting them to death. If a gang happened from any cause to get separated, they rallied with the cry, _Bukh, Bukh, Bukh_, "come, come, come." When the leader judged that the time was at hand for selecting a _beyl_, or site for murder, he would say to the Thug on whom that duty devolved, _Jao, kutoree manj lao_, "go and clean the brass cup."