1 MSsammr
2 mmm
3 234
4 HISTORY. O.F THK SUKUS;
5 iii
6 cow, and in this particular, the Sikhs have >np
7 mercy for such an enormous offence : even in the
8 protected Sikh states on this side theo&utlej, it.Js.
9 rigidly forbidden; while across ..the river, and
10 throughout the Punjab, the killing of a cow $J
11 visited by capital punishment. The Sikhs are
12 forbid the use of tobacco by the tenets of their
13 religion, but they find a ready substitute for it in
14 opium, which is consumed in great quantities
15 throughout the whole of the Punjab,.- as - well as
16 among the protected Sikh states. While under
17 the effects of this drug, the Sikh is a very different
18 f*A f*li ct com/! L, . f«.... L 1... .. i. T_
19 Ill*
20 <;0'ikS
21 person to the same individual before he has taken
22 it In the former instance, he is active and talk¬
23 ative ; in the latter, lazy and stupid. When the
24 habit of eating opium has been once induced, it is
25 well known how difficult it is to throw it off, and
26 ol this fact Runjeet is well aware, for though he
27 has been told repeatedly how pernicious the effects
28 of opium must he to his complaint, still he cannot
29 resist the daily use of it, nor would it .-perhaps. be
30 prudent for him to do so suddenly,
31 “ For the purpose of being near the principal.Sikh
32 temple of the Punjab, as well as for change of ait
33 tte
34 mu
35 the, Maharajah is accustomed, to spend a portion of
36 HiiTO;a«nce each year at Umritsir; he arrives about the com-
37 at umTitsir. , „ . .
38 raencemenfc of the periodical, rains, and takes his
39 departure on their breaking up, or after the festival
40 of the Dusserah. While at Umritsir, Runjeet
41 resides in the Rambagh, a short distance from the
42 city; this is a garden, as the name implies, aml.it
43 .
44 B l Slpl
45 ■p
46 mmAm
47 Iff
48 mm
49 A®
50 ISM"