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3 and with great simplicity asked, whether he or
4 Colonel F. who then commanded at Loodianah,
5 combat;
6 would hare the best of it in a single
7 adding, that he supposed, there were few sahibs
8 who could vanquish Colonel F. I did not oppose
9 this conclusion; and merely remarked, that 1
10 thought the younger of the two, if equally skilled
11 in the use of his weapons, would most likely prove
12 the conqueror. He had some time previous made
13 a present of a toorkee horse to Dr. ML, and among
14 other questions, enquired what had become of the
15 animal. I replied, that most probably it had been
16 sold Along with the doctor’s other property on his
17 departure for Europe; “What!" said lie, “did
18 Doctor Sahib sell that horse, which lie assured me
19 he would never part with?” 1 explained to him
20 that the expense of conveying a horse to Europe,
21 would in most instances, exceed its price; he ob¬
22 served “ It may bo so, but I paid 1,200 rupees for
23 the horse.” On my first visit to Ruujeet, I made
24 enquiries regarding his health, felt his pulse and m
25 forth; when these preliminary steps were concluded,
26 he asked, why I did not use a watch to mark the
27 number of his pulsations, and a thermometer to as¬
28 certain the heat of his body, as Dr. M. had always
29 done. I made answer, that experience had taught
30 me the knowledge of these points without the aid
31 of instruments. He put numerous questions re¬
32 garding the use of various medicines and their
33 effects on the human system; he showed me the
34 water he usually drank, with some pounded -.pearls