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them and had the experience of this surprise we saw the blood stains
profession. They collected honey near the a of the boat and some
and wood and late in the a ernoon boatmen followed the trail with the
we came back and had our lunch. flame in hand and a er a hundred
A er lunch it was a short nap me metres deep into the jungle, the
and the usual the sentry was on. body of one boatman lay in pieces.
A er sunset, the jungle became like The boatmen collected the body
a crema on ground and the oil lamp parts and crema on was done in
was lit and to break the haunted the forest and the wave of despair
silence the boatmen commenced and fear enveloped our mind. Can
their folk songs session with the you imagine, the silent a ack by
Hubble bubble in the merry go round man ea ng gers of sunderbans;
pa ern. The session gave us energy the guile and ferociousness, the
and drove the fear of the ghostly air. stealth and the clandes ne
Night sentry at an interval of two movement?. In the midst of the
hours in pairs in posi on forward dance and music session the ger
and a of the boat was in force while was watching curiously for the right
the session was going on. It was me to a ack, and when the dance
pitch dark as the rivulet was arched session commenced, there was
by the sundari trees and the sky was distrac on and this opportunity
invisible. The music session was in gave the ger to prowl on it's prey.
full swing and out of ecstasy some This strange opera on by the ger
boatmen began to dance in the took my mind in sway and my blood
tradi onal folk dance of Bengal. This became cold, but I withstood this
situa on was the me of the mishap situa on by concentra ng on my
that took place a er we finished the spiritual teacher and regained the
count of heads before dinner. We energy to drive away all fear and
were twenty seven members and despair. But the sad incident
the count became twenty six. We stamped my mind and we all prayed
could not believe this, so we for the departed soul to rest in
repeated the count and it was the peace.
same, one member was missing.
Then the search began, and in