Of the male searchers, scarcely any one knew Surja Mukhi by sight; so they seized many poor women and brought them before Nagendra.

At length the daughters of respectable people feared to walk along the roads or on the _ghats_.

If one was seen alone, the devoted Hindustani _Durwans_ followed, calling out "_Ma Thakurani_," and, preventing them from bathing, brought a palki.

Many of those who were not accustomed to travel in a palki seized the opportunity of doing so free of expense.
Srish Chandra could not remain longer.

Returning to Calcutta, he began a search there.