1 to accomi iii) liiui in a InmU, on a duck-shooting excursion, on
2 • an • x tensive lake. As the rajah hot) not hi* own parasol with
3 Inn.. I gave,him mine out of politeness; for as T was shooting.
4 I did not want it. It was extremely hot, find I had nothing on
5 me but a thin shirt, not even n waistcoat or jacket, so I was
6 exposed to the burning rays of the sun for some hours, and the
7 consequence was a severe coup-de-sol'il. My friend C-, <>n
8 witnessing my state, despaired of my life, his Tissot” stating
9 that a coup-dc-suleil was extremely dangerous. Hut how great
10 was his surprise, when lie saw me recovering on the third day !
11 Happily, the attack did not affect my head, but only one of m y
12 shoulders, and by applying leeches and poultices I recovered.
13 The king of England had at this time vnt five iinnnai.se
14 horses ns a present to Kunjeet Sing. Alex, lliirncs bad brought
15 them up the Indus, and they were much admired for their size
16 and uncommon height. One of them was last on the way, and
17 another became the famous riding-horse of the maharajah, who,
18 being of a very low stature, appeared, w hen on the back of the
19 animal, like an ape on an elephant. This horse fell sick, and
20 although I had him immediately under my care, and spared no
21 trouble, he became, like other dead animals, food for the dogs,
22 carrion birds, and Pariahs, the lowest caste in India, who eat any
23 animal, whatever may have been the cause of its death.
24 The horse had several ulcers on his legs, which having been
25 healed by internal and external remedies, caused convulsions, and
26 in that state he perished. I afterwards had other opportunities
27 of curing 'similar ulcers with a simple remedy, according to my
28 medium system, namely, by hmanarin ttdtvharina (probably
29 because it contrfins iodine), such ulcers being a kind of scrofula.
30 This disease occurs very often in the Punjab, ami the natives call
31 it Zencrbad (venomous swellings), a it ulcerates, and secretes
32 a Serous and corroding matter, lly adhering to the saute system,
33 I also cured horses affected with glanders. Arsenic and dulca¬
34 mara alternately administered, in small doses, in the morning mid
35 evening, proved very effective. The French veterinary surgeons
36 administer to this disease hydrochloric acid, which, diluted