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THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE EAST.
was a rogue. I caused twelve of them to be applied around
the blistered part, and requested the woman to return in the
evening, when I ordered her again to apply the same num-
ber of leeches to the place where, a few years before, I had
been afflicted with piles. The next morning I applied six
leeches to my side, and in the evening, the same number
behind, by which means I completed my cure without hav-
ing had recourse to any other remedy. Keeping the blister-
ed part in a state of suppuration, and treating the external
inflammation with cold water, I made such an improvement
in my health, that my restored appetite soon enabled me to
digest solid food. At the expiration of five days I felt suffi-
ciently strong to resume my journey to Lahore, to the as-'
tonishment of those who witnessed my departure, wondering
whether I was really recovered, or in a state of delirium,'
as only three days had elapsed since I made my will, and their
hakim had asserted that there was no thance of my recovery.
At the commencement I made but very short journeys. I
shortly afterwards had several abscesses where the leeches
had been applied, one of them as large as a hen's egg, so that
it was difficult[/or me to maintain a sitting posture, and, not-
withstanding my good appetite, and the salubrious air I
afterwards breathed in the mountains, the weakness, produc-
ed by only five days' illness, continued for a space of six
months. What contributed greatly to my illness, may per-
haps have been the circumstance that I had not been sea-
sick, on our voyage to Bassora via Moscat to Bender-Karat-
shi, as was the case with my servant Antun, who inhaled the
same atmosphere, ate and drank the same kind of food and
stinking water, &c, without suffering any inconvenience. At
that period, the Sindians were not yet acquainted with the
English, although they were their neighbours, and accord-
ingly we passed villages, where the people were not inclined
to furnish us with provisions, even for payment. Our camel-
.driver advised us to lodge in the mosques, in order to be
taken for Mahomedans. By so doing, we were provided
with food gratis, by the hospitable musselmans. I and
my servant were dressed in the costume of the inhabitants of
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE EAST.
was a rogue. I caused twelve of them to be applied around
the blistered part, and requested the woman to return in the
evening, when I ordered her again to apply the same num-
ber of leeches to the place where, a few years before, I had
been afflicted with piles. The next morning I applied six
leeches to my side, and in the evening, the same number
behind, by which means I completed my cure without hav-
ing had recourse to any other remedy. Keeping the blister-
ed part in a state of suppuration, and treating the external
inflammation with cold water, I made such an improvement
in my health, that my restored appetite soon enabled me to
digest solid food. At the expiration of five days I felt suffi-
ciently strong to resume my journey to Lahore, to the as-'
tonishment of those who witnessed my departure, wondering
whether I was really recovered, or in a state of delirium,'
as only three days had elapsed since I made my will, and their
hakim had asserted that there was no thance of my recovery.
At the commencement I made but very short journeys. I
shortly afterwards had several abscesses where the leeches
had been applied, one of them as large as a hen's egg, so that
it was difficult[/or me to maintain a sitting posture, and, not-
withstanding my good appetite, and the salubrious air I
afterwards breathed in the mountains, the weakness, produc-
ed by only five days' illness, continued for a space of six
months. What contributed greatly to my illness, may per-
haps have been the circumstance that I had not been sea-
sick, on our voyage to Bassora via Moscat to Bender-Karat-
shi, as was the case with my servant Antun, who inhaled the
same atmosphere, ate and drank the same kind of food and
stinking water, &c, without suffering any inconvenience. At
that period, the Sindians were not yet acquainted with the
English, although they were their neighbours, and accord-
ingly we passed villages, where the people were not inclined
to furnish us with provisions, even for payment. Our camel-
.driver advised us to lodge in the mosques, in order to be
taken for Mahomedans. By so doing, we were provided
with food gratis, by the hospitable musselmans. I and
my servant were dressed in the costume of the inhabitants of