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number of rounds (pant) with the dalba by one, till the 

 number of 11 pant is reached, which is called by cockers lam. ] 

 After each day's bout foment with the following : — 



Receipt. — Take of turmeric 4 oz., of dry ginger 2 oz., of 

 small pepper % 2 tolas, of aloes 2 tolas , of maida lakri* one tola, 

 of butter \ lb., of wheaten flour | lb., of white sugar \ lb., of 

 almonds 4 tolas, and of spikenard* 2 tolas. Pound and make into 

 a halwa and put into two bags, and foment by first dipping the 

 bag into butter and then applying to the joints. Use one bag in 

 the evening and the other in the morning, and anoint with the 

 following dressing : 



Ingredients of the zimad or ointment 5 : Take of turmeric 

 2 mashas, of dry ginger 2 mashas, of zedoary 6 2 mashas, of dry 

 mako 1 2 mashas, of small pepper 2 mashas, of spikenard 2 

 mashas, of alum 2 mashas, of maida lakri 8 2 mashas, and of 

 aloes 2 mashas. Pound all these ingredients and cook them in 

 water, and apply as a thick dressing to the cock's face. 



A second dry fomentation* : Maida lakri 10 9 mashas. 

 baibarang n 4 mashas, taj n 6 mashas, pomegranate-rind ,3 one 

 masha, sajji 14 3 mashas, green mdzu ]5 4 mashas, white sugar 

 one masha, and butter | lb. Pound, mix, and make into a 

 halwa , and foment the cock with it after battle. 



Ingredients of a second ointment or zimad : Take of 

 maida lakri 9 mashas, of round zedoary 16 6 mashas, of taj n 2 

 mashas, of mm ,g 7 mashas, of naspal 1 * (pomegranate-rind) 

 2 mashas, of dry raa&o *° 2 mashas, of white cumin seeds ai one 

 masha, of majith u 2 mashas, of chinia gond n 2 mashas, of 



1 Z2m H. is an expedition, a raid. 



* The small variety of long pepper, Piper longnm. 

 3 The bark of Litsaea sebifera. 



* Bal-chhar Spikenard, Nardostachys Jatamansi. 



5 For a description of the zimad see Makhzan u 'l-Adwiya* Vol. I. 

 p. 92. An ointment, a dressing and also a poultice. 



*> Jadwar, zedoary, Curcuma zedoaria ; Khory, p. 126, 



7 Mako, Solanum nigrum , Khory, p. 454. 



8 Vide note 3, above. 



9 Takmld. 



10 Tide note 3, above. 



1 1 Fruits of Embelia Ribes. 



12 Ta/, H., Malabar cassia bark, Cinnamomum Tamala. 



13 Naspal, Hind., rind of the Pomegranate, Punica granatum. 

 1* Sajji, H., a variety of carbonate of soda; natron. 



1* Mazu, P., the Gall or Dyer's Oak, Quercus injectoria. 



16 -4^m6S haldi, round zedoary, Curcuma aroma tica. 



17 Vide note 12, above. 



18 According to the Makhzan, the Hindi name for Kakanj. Withania 

 coagulant or Indian Rennet. 



!• Fide note 13, above. 



50 Fide note 7, above. 



*l Zlra safed. white cumin, Cuminum cyminum. 



** Majith, Indian madder, Rubia cordifolia. 



* s Bengal kino, the gum of Butea frondosa. 



