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(i) No worship of hemp known.
(ii) No.
(iii) Not worshipped.
(iv) Never heard of worship of hemp.
39. (i) Smoking ganja worse for a man than
drinking bhang. Worse for both stomach and
temper.
(ii), (iii) and (iv) Both bad.
41. (i) No good for any body.
(ii) Moderate use good with food; bad on an
empty stomach for those accustomed to it.
(iii) Better to be without; but to man used to
it, moderate use no harm.
(iv) Not known.
42. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), Vide last ques-
tion.
43. (i), (ii) and (iii) Yes.
(iv) No experience.
44. (i) Not known.
(ii) No experience.
(iii) Does not know.
(iv) Not known.
45. No doctor to answer this or following
question.
46. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) Vide last question.
49. (i) Not known; do not produce lust.
(ii), (iii) and (iv) Not known.
51. (i) Bad characters do take it, and it pro-
duces crime.
(ii) Yes. Is connected with crime.
(iii) and (iv) Not known.
53. (i) Yes. Certainly.
(ii) and (iii) Yes.
(iv) Not known.
(i) No special case known.
(ii) No case actually known.
(iii) Remembers at Kirkee quarrels at religious
festivals (from bhang), but no one actually killed.
54. (i) Yes.
(ii) Yes, those who are in the habit would.
(iii) No experience.
(iv) Not known.
55. (i) and (ii) Yes.
(iii) and (iv) Not known.
(i) Yes.
(ii) They can be quite stupefied.
(i) My own head syee, an old man, very
intelligent.
(ii) A lascar orderly. Sharp young fellow.
(iii) The head jemadar of syces; middle-aged;
fairly intelligent.
(iv) The tindal of lascars; old man of weak
character, very respectable, but timid.
Answer No. 44.
20. Total strength Native ranks 877. Regi-
ment being 35 short of strength.
20. Total strength Native ranks 877. Regi-
ment being 35 short of strength.
(a) Combatants—
Sikhs
418
Dogras
199
Panjabi Muhammadans
230
Pathans
8
Hindustani Mussulmans
14
"
Hindus
8
TOTAL
877
(b) Non-combatants—
Sikhs
1
Dogras
26
Panjabi Muhammadans
15
Hindustani Hindus
4
TOTAL
46
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Sikhs
6
Dogras
3
Panjabi Muhammadans
5
Pathans
1
Hindustani Hindus
26
TOTAL
41
Smoke charas-
Mussalman
1
Ganja is chiefly taken in
not in the Panjab.
Hindustan
Proper,
24. Drink bhang—
Sikhs
Panjabi Mussalman
32
1
Eat bhang—
Sikhs
32
25.. Not on the increase.
Can give no reason.
28. One pice worth of charas said to be sufficient
for four moderate consumers daily.
32. (i) Dogras sometimes smoke charas at
"Maifal," i.e., at social meetings, not smoked in
regiment.
(ii) Guru Gobind Singh, in the Granth, states
that the following amounts of opium and bhang
should suffice:—
"Ratti afim masa sukhu." i.e., 1/8 masa,
opium, and 1 masa of bhang.
33. Generally regarded as injurious if taken in
excess; and people who so take it held in disrepute
in Native army.
Only Purbias (down-country men) it is said,
worship the hemp plant.
39. Smoking is said to have the more injurious
effects. Regret I can give no reason, as it is a
medical point, and a medical officer has no experi-
ence of these drugs.
41. No, not as a rule, unless taken after violent
exercise, a long or cold march, etc.
42. I think it would be better if they were not
taken at all. If once taken to it becomes a regu-
lar habit, and would in the end probably act in-
juriously.
Sikhs drink a little bhang after a long march,
etc., and are benefited by it temporarily.
43. Yes.
44. If taken in moderation refreshing; does not
intoxicate; does allay hunger; not said to create
appetite. Effect lasts longer with some than with
others. If taken regularly, want of subsequent
gratification is said to produce longing.
45 and 46. I certify that I am unable to answer