1 they wore defeated, and forced to depart, arid from the (n. u
2 also, to Umritsir. The individual just alluded tons deserving
3 tlie gallows, had cut off the arm of a sentinel, for having pre¬
4 vented him front entering the tent of the king by a private
5 entrance. The Nahung had a servant with him, v ho underwent
6 no punishment, because he did not behave in an aggressive
7 manner but the offender, by the order of Runjeet Singh, lost
8 In's ears, nose, and hands, by the same sabre with which lie had
9 to skilfully cut off the arm of the soldier on royal duty. After
10 the sad execution, be ran to drown himself in a well, but was
11 prevented by the people who were accidentally present. When
12 the king was informed of the fact, the culprit was sent to tne,
13 and put under my care arid medical attendance, with strict orders
14 to watch him, to prevent his committing suicide, and to present
15 him, when cured, to the king. According to his own statement,
16 lie was drunk with bhang (hemp) wlu-n he committed the crime,
17 and bis only intention for intruding on the king had been to ask
18 agapn (gift). These robbers do not like to miter military ser¬
19 vice; they prefer begging, and living by pillage.
20 Rajah Heera Sing, son to the minister Dhyan Sing, who was
21 a favourite of Runjeet Sing’s, was afflicted with diabetes, and
22 v.’e (I and the five native physicians) were consulted, at the palace
23 garden of Ilazoorce Jlagli, in the presence of Runjeet Srng, and
24 on that occasion I made mention of milk-sugar. As neither
25 the Maharajah nor his physicians had ever heard of any sugar
26 prepared from the milk of cows, they were curious to see a
27 specimen of it, and I was ordered to prepare some in the gulalv-
28 linneli (rose-water house), in the presence of the fakir, Noor-oo-
29 Decn Imt they had scarcely patience to wait for its preparation.
30 I produced some white and fine crystallized milk-sugar, which I
31 pi sen ted in a box to Runjeet Sing, of which he gave a few
32 pieces to a boy to taste, but he did not find it so sweet, as cane-
33 sugar, so no one spoke any more about it, an! tlit- milk scene
34 was thus at its end. Th, gulab-haneh, where the rose-waters
35 and the hedemusk (aqua Jlnr. mi Hr is Babylon), which they
36 use us cooling beverages in the h >t. season, were distilled,