200 BUDMAUSHES. 



to liave purchased from the astrologer hunsclf. 

 On this that worthy was at once placed in con- 

 finement, and Reyloo then confessed all particu- 

 lars of the robbery, which occurred in thiswise: — 

 Reyloo was, it seems, very anxious for a 

 son, and by the advice of a friend went to the 

 astrologer and besought him to prepare such a 

 charm as would insure that domestic good for- 

 tune. This the astrologer undertook to do 

 "for a consideration," but that consideration 

 was beyond poor Reyloo' s means ; however, the 

 astrologer kept him in pla}^, and directed him 

 to call from time to time. In these visits he 

 obtained such influence over the poor weak- 

 minded Reyloo, as to induce him to rob his 

 master of the gold-handled chowry, which he 

 gave to Sheikh Saly the astrologer, in full 

 assurance that it would induce him to furnish 

 the required charm. The astrologer to the last 

 protested his innocence, but the evidence of the 

 goldsmiths was conclusive, and both himself 

 and his accomplice, Reyloo, were branded in 

 the forehead as " Buclmaushes " [rogues], and 

 their beards and eyebrows having been shaved 

 off, they were paraded through the town on 

 asses, face to the tail, after which they were 



