Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-04-25

door, exactly as he had been squatted, like a
Hindoo idol, in the box ITSELF
Runjeet Singh and then descendrd into the
cell, which was 30 small as MT to permit us to
sit on The ground in front, and so close 10 th
body as 10 touch it with our hands and knees
The servant then began pouring hot water oveI
the figure but as my object was 10 wassh II
and fraudulent practice could be detected, P'o
posed to ltunject Singh To tear open the bag
ard have perfect view Of The bodysbelore any
means Of resucitatioi. was attenptnd. ! accor-
dinghy did so and may here say thut the bag
when seen by us, looked mildewed as if it had
been buried some time The legs and arms of
the body were shrlveled and stiff, the face full
as in lite, end the head reclining on :hc sloul-
der like that Of corpse. then called on the
medical gentleman who was attending me, to
.rufne down TO Inspect the body, which, ha did,
but conld discover nj pulsation IN the heart, the
temples, or the arms. There vas however
heat about the region ol the head, which no 9TH
er part of the body exhibited The servant
then commenced bathing him in hot water, and
gradually relaxing his arms and legs from the
rigid state in which they were conracled.-
Runjeet Singh taking his right, and his left
leg TO aid by Fiction in restoring them to their
proper action, during which time the servant
placed hot wheaton cake, about an inch thick,
on the top Of the head--a process which he
twice or thrice repeated. He then pulled out
Of his nostrIs and ears the wads and cotton plugs
with which they were stopped, and after great
excrion opened his mouth by inserting the point
of knife between his teeth, and while holding
his jaws open with his left hand, drew the
tongue forward with the fore6nger Of the right,
in the course Of which the tongue flew back
several times to its cur ed position upwards,
that in which it h, originally been placed, so
as to close the gullet. lie then rubbed his Nyo
lids with ghee clarified butter-ior some time,
until he sncreded in opening them, when the
eye appeared quite nlotonless aud glazed. Az
ter the cake had been applied for the third time
to the top Of thu head, the boiy was convuislve
" heaved. the nosrlls became violently inflated,
respiration ensued, and the limbs began to as
sumo a natural u ne5s--but the pulls ,tlon> was
still only family perccptlbIe. The servenl then
put some oI the ghec on his tongue, und made
him swallow it.
A few minutes afterwards, the eychalls be-
coming slowly diltel, recovered their natural
color, and the Fakeer recognizing Runjeet Singh
sitting close by him, articulated IN low sepni
chral tone scarcely audible" Do you believe
me now ?" Runleet Singh replied in the atfin-
ativc, and then began investing the Fakecr with
n pearl necklace, a superb par OF gold bracelets
slaws and pieces of silk and muslin, forming
what is called khIlet such as is usually con-
tered by the Prince OF India on pesons Of dis,
F'rotTithc time of the box being opened Ia
the recovery of the voice, not more than half an
hour could have elapsed; and Ill another half
| hour the Fukeer talked with myself tnd those
about him, freely, though fecbIy, like sick per
son, and we then left hln, convinced that there
had been no fraud or COLLISION in the exhibition
which we had witnessed.
! took some pains to inquire into the mode by
which such result was effected, and wac in
formed that it rested on doctrine Of the HIM
doo Psychologists, that heat constituted the self
existing principle Of life, and if the other func
tons are 30 tar DESTROYED IA TO leave that one il
perfect purity, life could be sustained for con-
siderable lengths Of tme Independently OF AIR,
food or any other means OF sustenance. To
produce such state the ttents are obliged to
90 through severe preparation. How fH such
means are calculated to produce such effects,
psychologists will be better able to judge than
can pretend to do.
merely state whnt Jaw and heard, and
think, wheu we consider the lncredulity and
ridlcuIc with which most of the wonderful dis
coyeries Of modern times have hcen regarded
viz: galvinism, lI,rVey's system OF the crcnla-
tion Of the blood, lnesmersn, Sc, tkatt is pre-
presumptuous in any Of US to deny the l[lhdoos
the possible discovery or attainment OF an art
which had hitherto escaped the researches OF Eu-
rnpean science