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Then he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 

 The next day when I went to see him, I saw that 

 the fever had broken for the first time. 



" There, that is my new medicine. It has done 

 you good already. Make him continue taking it," 

 I said to the others. Not a word was said about 

 the juggler till some time after, but Gunga continued 

 to mend slowly, such a bag of bones as he had 

 become, and of course it was the mixture that was 

 doing him good, whatever he might think himself. 

 I know he took it, for I made Gobin pour it down 

 his throat. 



" Now," I said, " is there anything you can have 

 to eat, to begin to get up your strength with ? Of 

 course you must not touch curry and rice, and 

 beef-tea you may not drink, I suppose, even in 

 illness." 



In a faint voice Gunga said, "I should like 

 some kid-soup." 



"Kid-soup," I exclaimed, "where can we get 

 kid-soup ? " 



"Poonia can make it," he said; "but the kid 

 must be brought from Kali-ghaut." 



So Poonia had to trudge all the way to Kali- 



