A History of Agriculture in India v2.c84.s7.3

v2.c84.s7.3

‘At six o’clock in the morning, before opening the gates, the watchman gives three warnings to the travellers, crying in a loud voice that everyone must look after his own things. After these warnings, if anyone suspects that any of his property is missing, the doors are not opened until the lost thing is found. By this means they make sure of having the thief, and he is strung up opposite the sarais. Thus the thieves, when they hear a complaint made, drop the goods somewhere, so as not to be discovered.