Excerpt from Report on the Depredations Committed by the Thug Gangs of Upper and Central India: From the Cold Season of 1836-37, Down to Their Gradual Suppression, Under the Operation of the Measures Adopted Against Them by the Supreme Government, in the Year 1839 With the exception of the Narratives of the depredations of the gangs who resided in Furruckabad, Cawnpore and the other Districts between the rivers Ganges and Jumna, this Report was all prepared and sent to the Press before the end of 1838. That part of the work had been confided to Captain Charles Brown, but he was unable to complete it in consequence of the pressure of other duties. Captain Reynolds kindly undertook and completed these Narratives in the early part of the present year (1840); and the delay has enabled me to add considerably to the table which exhibits the results of the trials in all parts of India; and to correct the list of Thugs still at large up to the present day. It would have been inconvenient to strike out the names of those who had died or been otherwise disposed of in the interval, as the list had for the most part been printed off before these corrections reached Calcutta; and a list of the names of such persons has been substituted. Many of those who are still borne on this list have no doubt died, though we have not been able to ascertain their death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.