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tains very little spirit ; but by.a deleteri. 
ous mixture of caustic alkali, and essence, 
of capsicum, it becomes extremely fiery 
and intoxicating. Open houses are kept 
by the venders, into which they allure 
their customers, particularly . sailors ; 
these thoughtless people after a long 
voyage indulge themselves freely with 
this pernicious beverage, until they sink 
into. a state of torpid insensibility; their 
kind landlords then put them in a private 
room, until a late bour at night, when, 
they are taken out, being still in a state 
of insensibility, ana carried to some dis- 
tance from the house where they are 
Jeft on the ground to shift for themselves, 
almost in.a state of nature; the humane, 
and innocent natives, judging, cloaths to 
be butan incumbrance to an European 
in that warm climate... When the mise- 
rable wretch awakens from. his. trance, 
he: finds the Joss of his money and cloaths 
tobe the smallest part of his misfortune ; 
aracking pain seizes his head, he be- 
comes delirious, a pucka fever extends 
its baleful influence over all his. system, 
Should he be so fortunate, as. ‘to escape 
with life, which is, not often, the case, 
the effect of this truly diabolical Jiqyor, 
sticks to him to a.remote period. Gen-, 
tlemen who have resided any time, in 
Calcutta, and haye been in the habit of 
getting up early. and.going through the 
handee Chonk, and, among the narrow, 
alleys that lead from the Durrum Tollah, 
the Morgeehattah, apd other places, will 
subscribe to the justness, of my descrip- 
tion;,and I shall now close the subject 
with observing, that until government 
interferes its authority to prohibit the na- 
tives frou dealing in spirituous, liquors of, 
any kind, a great number of usetul lives, 
will be annually lost; and this prahibi- 
tion is the more necessary, when the 
apathy and total absence of every spark 
of moral principle in the natives are.con-. 
sidered. They are quite regardless of 
what they. sell, if it gives them a. pro- 
fit; and they, would, with equal! indiffer- 
ence. pour aquafortis’ or spring-water 
down the throats of their customers. 
Near a small village, called Summit 
Ghur, I met with an adventure, which, 
at its Commencement. portended serious 
consequelices to one of, my. servants, 
named Mungloo, who generally attend. 
ed me to carry my, powder and. shot, 
Observing, some pigeons on an, old 
xuined mosque, I fined at them and .kil- 
led two ; one fell in, view, and the other 
tuinbled over the wall.on the other side. 
Mungloo went to pick them up.while I 
reloaded my gun. Presently L.heard very 
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violent shrieks from more’ female voices 
than one; immediately after which, I 
saw Mangloo dart. from bebind the ruin 
and run towards the river, as fast as his 
legs.could carry him; a ferocious-looking, 
fellow sith a black bushy beard. and a 
drawn. tulwar* in. his hand, quickly fol- 
lowed and. pursued him with considerable 
speed; but Mungloo had the start of hina 
and kept it until he came to a large tank, 
where he dodged his pursuer until 1 eame 
up and enquired the cause of this strange 
and very sudden fracas. ‘ Saheb’”,f cried 
the Patan, for such I discovered him to 
be, “ that kafir. has dishonored me, for 
which I will take hislife.” 1 replied, “ You 
are mistaken, my friend, that young man 
is no kafir, but one of the faithful, like 
yourself, and I am certain there must 
be some mistake in this business.” “ Mis- 
take (cried the man, his eyes gleaming 
with rage), no such thing, L saw him 
with my own eyes attempting, to break 
into my zenana,{ and his blood shall 
answer for it’ I immediately compre- 
hended the cause of his fury, and in or- 
der to pacify him, requested he would 
moderate his transport and sheath his, 
tulwar, and I would myself assist to pu- 
nish the lad should it appear he had been, 
intentionally guilty. With some difficul- 
ty he complied with my request, and on 
investigating the affair, it appeared that 
one of the pigeons. had fallen into a, 
small enclosure which surrounded that, 
part of the man’s premises appropriated. 
to the use of the females of his family ; 
and poor Mungloo, being unconscious of 
its being prohibited ground, endeavours 
ed to make his way through the enclosure 
to recover the pigeon, when, being des- 
cried by some of the ladies, their screams 
aroused the man, and occasioned the 
scene which I had just witnessed. -Mun- 
gloo’s protestations of innocence, enfor=- 
ced by fervent appeals to Allah, that. he, 
had not seen any of the ladies, added, 
to his extreme youth, at length pacified 
the jealous Mussulman; and the custo- 
mary ames took place, butnot without, 
some apprehensions on the part of the 
lad; for when they embraced, IE obsep- 
ved him place his hand-caatiously on, 
the nit of the Patan’s dagger, which, as_ 
usual, was stuck in his-irdle. We walked) 
together towards the Dudgerow, and om 
the way he informed nie that he was‘ 
‘ ; : j 
* Sabre, 
+ Saheb, yeh kafir humara hoormut bece 
gara.—Literally, Sir that infidel has tuined 
my. honar, ; : 
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