The Democratic advocate., 1880-11-06


liner, fastened by string over the head,
on the exposure Of which grand salute
was fired and the surrounding multitude
came crowdiRg TO the door to see the spec
tacle. After they had grati6ed their Gu
riosity the Fakir's servant, putting his
arms into the box, took the figure out, and,
closing the door, placed il with It's back
against ii; exactly as the Fakir had been
squatting (like Hindu idol) in the box
itself Runjeet Singh and myself descend.
ed into the cell, which was 80 small we
were only able to sit on the ground in front
Of the body, aud SO close TO it as to touch
it with our hands and knees.
REsuscfTATIoN.
The servant then began pouring warm
water over the figure, but as my object
was to sec if any fraudulent practices could
be detected, ] proposed to Runjeet Singh
to tear open the bag and have a perfect
view Of the body before any means Of re-
suseitation were employed. accordingly
did SOL and may here remark that the bag
when FIRST seen by US looked mildewed, as
if it had been buried some time. The legs
and arms ofthe body we're shriveled and stiff
the face full tho head reclined on the shoul :
der like that ofa corpse. then called to the
medical gentleman who was attending me
to come down and inspect the body, which
he did, but could discover no pulsation 10
the heart, the temples, or the arms.
There was, however, heat about the 70.
gion Of the brain which no other part
exhibited, The servant then commenced
bathing him with hot water, and gradually
relaxing his arms and legs from the rigid
state in which they were contracted, Run.
jeet Singh taking his right aud | his left
leg, to aid by friction 10 restoring them 10
their proper action, during which time the
servant placed hot wheaton cake, about
an inch thick, on the top Of the head
process which he twice or thrice repeated
He then pulled out of his nostrils and ears
the wax and cotton with which they had
been stopped, and after great exertion
opened his mouth by inserting the point
Ofa knife between his teeth, and while
holding his jaw open with his left hand
drew the tongue forward with his right
in the course of which the tongue few
back several times TO its curved position
upward, in which it had originally been
50 as to close the gullet. He then rubbed
his eyes with ghee Cor clarified butter) fol
some seconds, till he succeeded in opening
them when the eyes appeared quite mo
tionless and glazed. After the cake had
been applied for the third time to the tor
of the head the body was violently con
yulsed, the nostrils became inflated, wher
respiration ensued, and the limbs began L
assume natural fulness, but the pulsa
ton was still family perceptible. Th,
servant then put some Of the ghee on hi
tongue and made him swallow it. A few
minutes afterwards the eyeballs becam,
dilated and recovered their natural color
when the Fakir recognized Runjeet Singl
sitting close to him, and artieulated in
low sepulchral tone, scarcely audible, "D
you believe me now?n Runjeet Singl
replied in the affirmative, and investe,
the Fakir with pearl necklace and su
perb pair Of gold bracelets, and pieces o
silk and muslin, and shawls, forming wha
Is called khelat, such as is usually con
ferred by the princess Of India on person
of distinction, / share entirely in the On
parent incredibility Of the fact of maj
being buried alive and surviving the tria
without food or drink for various period
of duration; but, however incompatible,
with our knowledge of physiology, il
the absence of any visible proof to tn,
contrary, | am bound to declare my belle
in the facts which have represented
however impossible their existence ma,
appear to others.-LoadOn Telegraph.