GUNGA 153 



Jogee begins to look wrinkled and careworn. No 

 wonder, with such a number of miles to traverse 

 with a mowing machine, half at a run, as they 

 take it, two pulling and one pushing. After 

 September it ceases to grow at this rate ; which is 

 fortunate, as all hands are wanted then for the 

 annuals. 



Looking at Jogee reminds me of his brother 

 " Gunga," who was gardener to us for ten years, 

 and only left our service on account of having 

 been bewitched, as I might have written in his 

 "character," but did not. He fell ill with fever, 

 which went on week after week without cessation. 

 Quinine did not touch it ; a native doctor did no 

 good. At last Gunga said he was possessed with 

 a devil, and that he had seen the " bhoot " in the 

 middle of the night ; and he was 8 feet high, with 

 arms outstretched like the branches of a tree. 

 Therefore he ordered a juggler, a mystery man, to 

 be brought, to expel the evil spirit from within him. 

 His relations brought one, and Gunga was so 

 foolish as to give him 5 rupees for his ministra- 

 tions. All to no purpose ; the fever remained as 



virulent as ever. I wanted him to go to his 



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