1 274 history op the siktts:
2 a view of seeing the Maharajah and conversing
3 with Kim, than from any pecuniary consideration.
4 Further, par- Our second visit was made under peculiar circum-
5 ganUng Se stances s—for the express purpose of trying the
6 Mahaiajab. e fft cac y 0 f electricity and galvanism in removing
7 the Maharajah’s complaint. The former\agent had
8 been recommended by Dr. H. who occupied the
9 somewhat anomalous position of Physician and
10 Captain at the court of Lahore. Doctor H. was
11 an adventurer, and started from Loodiattah with
12 the intention of subduing all the countries across
13 the Sutlej ; he even hoisted the American flag at
14 Loodianah, and collected a rabble to attack soiue
15 villages across the Sutlej; his success, as might
16 have been foreseen, was unequal to his wishes, and
17 he found his way to Lahore, where he remained
18 for some years, and eventually proceeded to Cabal.
19 He is now we believe in his own country. His
20 plan of galvanizing the Maharajah met with a
21 ready consent on the part of the latter, but the
22 exorbitant sum which the doctor demanded for
23 constructing a galvanic battery (£5,000 sterling)
24 naturally disgusted his royal patient, who threa¬
25 tened to wreak, his vengeance on Doctor II. if he
26 did not speedily leave his dominions. Dr. H„ well
27 knowing the character of the man he had to deal
28 with, lost no time in making his escape to Loodi¬
29 anah ! Acting on the hint, however,the .Maha¬
30 rajah determined that the galvanism should be
31 applied to his feeble frame, and the author of this
32 work was accordingly sent to him to perform the