Life of Ahmad — Page 706
THE WALL as 706 end. If I do not go up to the roof, there is no other way to the big mosque as the wall intervenes. The erection of this wall has caused me great trouble viz. a new well had to be constructed involving expense and the press suffered a great deal. Visitors and friends have experienced hardship, some of them have been injured. Eight or nine months ago an Arab gentleman came to see me and he was actually hurt on the way because he had to come a long winding way. It is troublesome particularly in the rainy season. I have not seen any pakka brick under the wall; the bazaar is paved with pakka bricks. Our lanes are not paved; I do not know the state of other lanes. The long winding way is stony and difficult. If the water-carrier brings water to our house from the well in the house of the defendant, he will have to come by the way which has been obstructed by the wall. Our water-carrier is ancestral and common with the defendants. He brings water from that well of his own accord. The ekkas of our guests stop in the open space there. About 30,000 guests come to us and their ekkas stop there. In summer the ekka- walas sleep there also. If a water-carrier comes to the small mosque from the new well he will come by the