**If I remember rightly, the Thuggee were broken up by a British Army Officer called Sleeman who did indeed pass off as one of them, and I believe he wrote a set of memoirs about it. Can anyone add to that? Tim Connell -----Original Message----- From: Jane Keskar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 12 April 2003 20:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Kipling on a sect which uses poison. A correspondent asks if Kipling wrote about the Thugs, or another sect which uses poison. Can any one help? All that comes to mind is John Masters The Deceivers. Many thanks, Jane Keskar