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riage ; he had many servants with him, and among them Janoo, 

 a khidmutgar lad, and an old sipahee, named Ramzan Khan. 

 Janoo took compassion upon the poor boy, extracted the arrow 

 from his thigh, and had his wound dressed, and prepared a bed 

 for him under the mango tree, where he himself lodged, but kept 

 him tied to a tent-pin. He would at that time eat nothing but 

 raw flesh. To wean him from this, Janoo, with the consent of 

 his master, gave him rice and pulse to eat. He rejected them for 

 several days, and ate nothing ; but Janoo persevered, and by 

 degrees made him eat the balls which he prepared for him ; 

 he was fourteen or fifteen days in bringing him to do this. The 

 odour from his body was very offensive, and Janoo had him 

 rubbed with mustard-seed, soaked in water, after the oil had been 

 taken from it (khullee), in the hope of removing this smell. He 

 continued this for some months, and fed him upon rice, pulse, 

 and flour bread, but the odour did not leave him. He had har- 

 dened marks upon his knees and elbows, from having gone on all- 

 fours. In about six weeks after he had been tied up under the 

 tree, with a good deal of beating and rubbing of his joints with 

 oil, he was made to stand and walk upon his legs like other 

 human beings. He was never heard to utter more than one 

 articulate sound, and that was " Aboodeea," the name of the 

 little daughter of the Cashmeer mimic, who had treated him 

 with kindness, and for whom he had shown some kind of attach- 

 ment. In about four months he began to understand and obey 

 signs. He was, by them, made to prepare the hookah, put 

 lighted charcoal upon the tobacco, and bring it to Janoo, or pre- 

 sent it to whomsoever he pointed out. 



One night, while the boy was lying under the tree near 

 Janoo, Janoo saw two Wolves come up stealthily and smell at 

 the boy. They then touched him, and he got up ; and instead of 

 being frightened, the boy put his hands upon their heads, and they 

 began to play with him. They capered around him, and he 

 threw straw and leaves at them. Janoo tried to drive them off, 

 but could not, and became much alarmed ; and he called out to 

 the sentry over the guns, Meer Akbur Allee, and told him that 

 the Wolves were going to eat the boy. He replied, " come away, 

 and leave him, or they will eat you also ;" but when they saw 

 them begin to play together his fears subsided, and he kept 

 quiet. Gaining confidence by degrees, he drove them away ; but 



