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cut off her nose — a little way Indian husbands 

 have." The author ordered a search to be made 

 for the nose and directed it to be fitted on again 

 if found. The nose was found. The writer conti- 

 nues "I went away as I had plenty to do; but 

 in the evening I called again at the hospital to 

 enquire after the success of the operation ; for, over 

 and above my curiosity in the matter, I felt that, 

 if successful, it would have some weight in over- 

 coming the native prejudices against surgery after 

 the European fashion. 



The Sub- Assistant Surgeon came out to me with 

 rather a blank face. ^ A calamity has happened ' he 

 said, ' the nie/dar (the servant who does dirty work) 

 was instructed to wash the nose in a basin of clean 

 water ; he left it in the basin for a moment and while 

 his back was turned a crow came in and flew off 

 with it.' " 



Often have I awoken in the morning to find that 

 the crows have wrought sad havoc with my chofa 

 haziri. The toast has vanished, the sugar has sadly 

 diminished in quantity, a few greasy streaks on a 

 plate mark the place once occupied by a respectable 



