1 Azi z-oj 3)een, exercising such magic influence on the maharajah,
2 that only by addressing myself to him could T obtain any
3 decision according to mv desires. 1 reminded the fakecr of his
4 own words, that such minute doses could not be hurtful, even
5 if it should be poison. Besides, I observed, that it was not
6 every fever, especially when appearing in so mild a form, that
7 could be of bad consequence, as nature sometimes cures diseases
8 byre-action in the frame; and that; under such circumstances, it
9 was advisable to lay aside all medicine, and await the result.
10 Hut be objected to that, saying that the maharajah was too
11 feeble to endure such a fever. “ But,” continued be, “ let us hear
12 what opinion the other physicians have.” All my arguments
13 availed nothing. The consultation, at which the fnkeer pre¬
14 sided, was composed of a dozen hakims from Peshawar anil
15 Lahore, Hindoo physicians, astrologers, &c., each of whom
16 imagined that he possessed the deepest knowledge of medical
17 art. Most of them carried large books, to cover their want,
18 of real learning. In tine, they agreed unanimously to ad¬
19 minister to the |»tient a majoon (electuary), of which jowa-
20 liirad (precious stones) constituted the principal ingredient.
21 The fakcer himself prepared and administered it to-the patient,
22 but in less than a fortnight the maharajah grave up his
23 temporal life. He died at the fortress in my presence,
24 upon which the minister ordered the gates to be shut, but I
25 readily obtained his permission to absent myself. The fakeer,
26 who exorcised great influence in the household of the royal
27 court, and who had begun bis career at Lahore as a barber,
28 with a few boxes of ointment, did not live long after his
29 patron, Kunjeet Sing. Azee/.-oo-Deen — of Arabian origin,
30 and descended from the Ansari Arabs of the desert—was the
31 oracle of llunjeet Sing. He, the prime-minister Dbyart Sing,
32 and Dewan-Decim-Nauth minister of finance, constituted the
33 triad of which the privy-council of the king was composed.
34 The latter has been recently promoted to the rank of rajah by
35 the English.
36 'The small doses of opium (every afternoon one pill of 8 gr.s.)