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the guilty party, who he was sure, he said, must 

 be present, to restore the Chowry before dis- 

 grace should come upon him. This exhorta- 

 tion, however, proved unavailing, and the 

 Seyud was again sent for, but declined making 

 any experiment as the sky was cloudy. On 

 the following day he again attended, and the 

 Moonshee was requested to procure a boy who 

 had not attained the age of puberty, and had 

 never been bitten by a dog. An intelligent 

 lad of nine or ten years of age having been 

 provided by the Moonshee, whose brother and 

 other respectable persons were present, to- 

 gether with all the Moonshee's servants, the 

 boy was first batlied, and a new red waistcloth 

 being tied round him and a piece of the same 

 placed over his head, like a woman's Duputta, 

 the end hanging do^vn on the shoulders, he 

 was seated on the ground with the Se3^ud in 

 front of him, and another holy man reciting 

 portions of the Koran behind. A bright metal 

 cup was then placed in the boy's hands, a 

 magic figm^e having been previously prepared 

 of the following form, in the bottom of the cup, 

 into which he poured a little ink. 



The boy was directed to lean his face over 



