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poster did not escape with impunity; for the mo- 
ment he had sold one bottle within the cadet en- 
campment, it was opened, and the deception detect- 
ed. A hue and cry was instantly raised, and the Jew 
seized by a dozen strong young men just fresh from 
Europe. He was tried upon the spot by a sort of 
drum-head court-martial, and unanimously sentenced 
to be tossed in a blanket. He petitioned loudly to 
be released, fell upon his knees, shed tears, poked 
his broad forehead into the palm of his hand, and 
supplicated with abject entreaties that he might 
be allowed to depart. When asked to return the 
money for his counterfeit perfume, he solemnly swore 
he was the most ill-used man in the world, as the 
Sahibs had taken his oil but forgotten to pay him for 
it. He would rather have parted with his heart’s 
blood than with the rupees. 
No blanket being at hand, as such a thing is not 
commonly used in that warm country, a carpet was 
taken up from one of the tents, the Jew tumbled 
into it neck over heels, and the next moment he 
was tossed as if from a bull’s horns by the hearty 
exertions of eighteen youths, who felt they were 
administering summary justice upon a scoundrel who 
had been guilty of a daring and audacious fraud. 
It was ridiculous to see the unhappy Jew dart- 
ing into the air, sometimes with his head uppermost, 
at others with his feet, — now describing a broken 
arch, then so many crooked lines, and roaring all the 
while like a gored ox. This well-deserved punish- 
ment was continued for about five minutes ; he was 
then rolled out of the carpet, without having sustained 
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