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5 HISTORY OF THE SIK,H,S.
6 house, the door of which was likewise
7 locked; and outside of this a high wall, having
8 the door way built up with bricks and mud. Out¬
9 side the whole there was placed a line pf sentries,
10 so that no one could approach the building. The
11 strictest, watch was kept, for the space of fori v days
12 and forty nights: at the expiration of thr,» period,
13 the Maharajah, attended by his grandson, and
14 several of Iris sirdars, as well as General Ventura,
15 Captain Wade, and myself, proceeded to disinter
16 the fiikcer. The bricks and mud were quickly
17 removed from the doorway of the outer wall; the
18 door of the house was next unlocked, and. lastly,
19 that of the box containing the fukeer ; the latter
20 was found covered with a white sheet, on removing
21 which, the figure of the man presented it self in a.
22 sitting posture. His hands and arms were pressed
23 to his sides ; and the legs and thighs crossed. The
24 first part of the Operation of resuscitation consisted
25 in pouring over his head a quantity of warm water ;
26 after this, a hot cake of Atta was placed on the crown
27 of his head : a plug was next removed from one of
28 in's nostrils, on this being done, the man breathed
29 strongly through it. The mouth was now opened,
30 and the tongue, which had been closely applied to
31 the roof of his mouth, brought forward, and both
32 it and the lips anointed with, ghee or melted butter;
33 during this part of the process, I could not feel the
34 pulsation of the wrist, though the temperature of
35 the body was much above the natural standard of
36 health. The legs and arms being extended, and