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2 the battle of Aliwal, had the command in the mountains of
3 Jesrota. One of the most wealthy Brahmins of that country
4 had been requested by some of his neighbours to take their
5 moveable goods into his custody, for which purpose the Brahmin
6 solicited of Runjoor Sing a guard, which he obtained. But
7 when Runjoor Sing was apprised that valuables were stored in
8 the house of the Brahmin, he plotted an intrigue for obtaining
9 possession of them, and despatched a division of his men, dis-
10 guised as robbers, to plunder the house. The Brahmins being
11 convinced that this violence had been perpetrated under the
12 protection of Runjoor Sing, flocked in numbers to Lahore, to
13 make their complaints to Jewahir Sing ; but seeing they could
14 not receive any satisfaction from him, they all returned to their
15 homes. The Brahmin at whose house the robbery was com-
16 mitted, was the only person who remained behind at Lahore,
17 firmly determined not to leave the capital until he obtained satis-
18 faction. After a long and vain expectation, he early one morn-
19 ing ascended a fig-tree, declaring that he would not leave that
20 tree before he got reparation for the injustice which had been
21 done him. When Jewahir Sing was informed of the fact, he
22 despatched a soldier to compel the Brahmin to descend. The
23 Brahmin, rather than comply, stabbed himself in the tree; upon
24 which, Jewahir commanded the faqueer Noor-oo-Deen to order
25 the jerahs (native surgeons) to cure the wound. On the same
26 day I was by accident coming from the durbar, which that day
27 was held in the fortress, and met the faqueer, when we went
28 together in the Goolab K liana, at the Hazooree Bagh, where the
29 faqueer had his business during the day. There we found one
30 of the jerahs, who reported that the cure of the Brahmin was
31 impossible, the bowels having protruded from his body, and
32 could not be replaced. While I was inquiring what was the
33 subject of their conversation, the faqueer related to me the par-
34 ticulars, and requested me to accompany the native surgeon
35 to see the patient for a moment, adding, that he wished me to
36 do my best to restore him to health. I went there, and
37 found him in a small garden before the city gate (Tunksallee