2. The general reader may consult with advantage Meadows Taylor, _The Confessions of a Thug_, the first edition of which appeared in 1839; and the vivid account by Mark Twain in _More Tramps Abroad_, chapters 49,50. 3. The incident is described in detail in a letter dated December 18, 1842, from Sleeman to his sister Mrs. Furse. Captain J. L. Sleeman has kindly furnished me with a copy of the letter, which is too long for reproduction in this place. 4. This letter is printed in full in the _Journey through the Kingdom of Oude_, pp. xvii-xix. 5. Letter to Lord Hardinge, dated Jhansee, 4th March, 1848, printed in _Journey through the Kingdom of Oude_, vol. i, p. xxvii. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. H. SLEEMAN, K.C.B. _I.--PRINTED_ (1.) 1819 Pamphlet. Letter addressed to Dr. Tytler, of Allahabad, by Lieut. W. H. Sleeman, August 20th, 1819. Copied from the _Asiatic Mirror_ of September the 1st, 1819. [This letter describes a great pestilence at Lucknow in 1818, and discusses the theory that cholera may be caused by 'eating a certain kind of rice'.] (2.) Calcutta, 1836, 1 vol. 8vo. _Ramaseeana_, or a Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language used by the Thugs, with an Introduction and Appendix descriptive of the Calcutta system pursued by that fraternity, and of the measures which have been adopted by the Supreme Government of India for its suppression. Calcutta, G. H. Huttmann, Military Orphan Press, 1836. [No author's name on title-page, but most of the articles are signed by W. H. Sleeman.] Appendices A to Z, and A.2, contain correspondence and copious details of particular crimes, pp. 1-515. Total pages (v,+270+515) 790. A very roughly compiled and coarsely printed collection of valuable documents. [A copy in the Bodleian Library and two copies in the British Museum. One copy in India Office Library.] (2a.) Philadelphia 1839, 1 vol. 8vo. The work described as follows in the printed Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum appears to be a pirated edition of _Ramaseeana_: _The Thugs or Phansîgars of India: comprising a history of the rise and progress of that extraordinary fraternity of assassins; and a description of the system which it pursues, &c._ Carey and Hart. Philadelphia, 1839. 8vo. A Hindustani MS. in the India Office Library seems to be the original of the vocabulary and is valuable as a guide to the spelling of the words. (3.) (?)1836 or 1837, Pamphlet. On the Admission of Documentary Evidence. _Extract._ [This reprint is an extract from _Ramaseeana_. The rules relating to the admission of evidence in criminal trials are discussed. 24 pages.]