Letter informing Mr Horniman that the author has sent a couple of native swords taken by police from dacoits, and bugle or horn used to call and dismiss workers on famine relief works. the two parts of the horn should be put together in the form of the letter 'S'. Note at top of letter; arrived 12 November 1900.
Letter regarding two swords and a bugle..
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