Goussain, and this was the method by which 
he succeeded in making himself famous. 
One morning some peasants who were com- 
ing into the town saw, near M. Rousselet’s 
bungalow, at the cross-roads from the Resi- 
dency, a holy man occupied in tying several 
thick ropes to the branch of a tree over- 
hanging the road ; and great was their as- 
tonishment when they saw the Goussain 
place his feet in two slip knots, and then, 
having stretched himself on the ground, 
haul himself up gently by means of a third 
rope, until he was suspended by the feet, 
like a calf in a slaughter-house. In the 
course of an hour a vast crowd surrounded 
the fakir, who, still in the same position, 
tranquilly mumbled his prayers, while tell- 
ing his beads. After hanging in this man- 
ner for several hours, he let himself down 
and returned to the town, escorted by a 
crowd of enthusiasts. On the morrow he 
returned to the same spot, to go again 
through the same performance. M. Rous- 
selet went there with several Europeans, and 
