1 Derw&zeli.) The other jetahs had already given him up as a
2 lost man, and retired. On Ids abdomen I saw the protuding intes¬
3 tines, which, although unhurt, were of a blueish colour, by
4 having been six hours exposed to the heat of the summer in that
5 position. The patient, a lean man of about fifty years, was in
6 the full possession of his senses. 1 sent for ;ny instruments,
7 and enlarged the narrow opening of the muscle and the perito¬
8 neum, so that I could replace the bowels, made a gastroraphy,
9 and joined the wound. All this was done in a few minutes.
10 During the operation, the patient said slowly “tenn, teun,
11 tenn,' 1 (saint, saint, saint). The assisting jerah gave me the
12 title of ustad (master). After this, the patient was troubled by
13 an annoying hiccup, which lasted for three days, and then he
14 recovered. I presented him to i lie faqueer Noor-oo-Deen, and
15 the minister. The latter did his best to appease him, and ordered
16 some cows, utensils, clothes, and money to be delivered to him, and
17 he retired satisfied. From this fact, every one will be convinced
18 of the incapacity of the native surgeons, or jerahs, in the East.
19 After the death of Jewahir Sing, the ranee conferred on her
20 lover, Lad Sing, the title of prime minister. She had been
21 several times enviente but lmd always procured abortion. The
22 fact was a public secret. It is easy to imagine the neither
23 civil nor military men respected or feared the ranee and her
24 favourite. This was especially the case among the army, whose
25 discipline was in the highest degree corrupted. Every batallion
26 had two men called punches, or deputies, who dictated laws to
27 the court, according to the resolutions taken by the assembly of
28 the troops. This continued until tile ranee and her lover
29 became objects of contempt and disrespect, and were often
30 abused publicly, and threatened by the troops. There wa.« no
31 doubt any longer that their* days were numbered, and at that
32 time they thought it necessary to put themselves under the
33 protection of the English. How was that u> be effected? It
34 could only be done by making war against the English, by * liich,
35 although her troops might be destroyed, and -heir opponent- *akc
36 l 2