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seen on any of the bottles or jars ; probably, to keep there 

 contents a secret from others. 



Plate X. B'hangee ( Hemp-plant Drinker ) v. page 158. 

 Chursee Bhistee, or Mushkee ( a Mahomedan 

 watercarrier ) smoking Churrus. In his hand, he holds a 

 hooka, which he is lighting with a coal taken from the fire be- 

 fore him. On his back, is the goat-skin in which he carries 

 water. 



Faqueer Postee ( Poppy-head Drinker ) smok- 

 ing his hooka, while rubbing poppy-heads with his hands in a 

 vessel with water, which he afterwards strains through a 

 cloth and drinks. He is tattooed on the arm. Behind him 

 may be seen the goat-skin containing water. 



Plate XI. Kar-Khana Abkaree ( Stillatory ) page 161. 



The Distiller, as well as the Drinker, is a Mahomedan. 

 This mode of distilling is, however, very imperfect. 



Plate XII. Fac smile of the Badela (document) re- 

 appointing the Author of this work Physician to the Court 

 of Lahore, also, Superintendent to the Gunpowder and to 

 the Gunstock Manufactories, delivered by the Vizier (Wuzeer) 

 Jowahar Sing, under Dulleep Sing's government. A copy 

 of the document is exhibited on account of its peculiari- 

 ties. It is headed with the Signature of the Vizier, and 

 stamped with three seals ; the innermost of which, like the 

 document itself, is in the Persian language ; the other two, 

 together with the Vizier's signature, are in the Goormukee 

 character, similar to the 6^;'Z!f«///; ( holy-book ) of the Sikhs^ 

 and which characters are already known in Europe. On 

 the margin of the page is a Signature, which may serve 

 as a specimen of the many signatures with which the back 

 of the document is covered ... ... ... z;. page 117, 



Plate XIII. Copy of a document, in Persian, authoriz- 

 ing the writer of these volumes to establish, for his own 

 account, a Beet-root Sugar manufactory, at Cashmere. It 

 is headed v.'ith the signature of Maharajh Gholab 

 Sing ... ... ... ... ... .,. V, page 181. 



Plate XIV. Copy of an Order, issued by the late Sikh- 

 government, to the author of this work, to receive and 



