The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-25

fastened nv string over the head,
on the evnosure of which grand salute
was fired. and the surrounding multitude
came c,owdin0 10 the door 10 see the spec
tacle. Alter they had gratified their curl
ositv. the FakIr,s servant, putting his arms
into the hoy. took the figure ou', and clo-
SING the door pIaced II with its back against
II. exac,Iy as the Fakir had been squating
like n IIindo idol In the box itself. Run
jeet singh. and myself descended into tue
cell. which was 30 small we were only able
to sit on the ground 10 front OF the BODY,
and so close TO II az 10 touch II win our
hands and knees. The servant tnen began
POURING WARN WATER OVER THE FIGURE,
but as my object was TO see II any fraudu.
lieut. practices could be detected, proposed
to Runieet Singh TO tear open the bag ana
have perfect view OF the body before any
means OF resuscitation were employed. L
accordingly did 80. and may here remark
that the bag when first seen by us looked
mildewed. as IL IL had been buried. some
time. The legs and arms OF the body were
sbriyeIled and stiff, the face iull, the head
reeljned on the shoulder like that OF a
corpse. I then called TO the medical gen.
tIeman who was attending me 10 come down
and inspect the body; which he ala, but
could discover no pulsation in the heart,
the temples. or the arms. There was, how
ever. a heat about the region 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 con.
tracted. Runjeet Singh taking his right and
7 his left LEG, 10 aid by friction in restoring
them TO their proper action, during when
time the servant placed hot wheaton cake
about an inch thick on the top CT the head
n process which he twice or thrice repeated.
He then pulled out OF his nostrils and ears
the wax and cotton with which they nad
been stopped, and after great exertion
opened his mouth by inserting the point OF
a knife between bis teeth, and while hold
inc his law open with his left hand drew
the tongue forward With his right, in the
course OF which the tongue flew back seve-
raj times to its curved position upward, in
which il had originally been, 50 as to close
the gullet. He then
RUBBED HIS EYES
with ghee Tor clarified butter) for some
seconds, till he succeeded in opening tneiD,
when the eyes appeared quite motionless
and glazed. After the cake had been APP
piled for the third time to the top OF the head
the body was violently convulsed, the nos
trils became inflated, when respiration en-
sued, and the limbs began to assume nat.
ural fuIness; but the pnlsation was SUI
family perceptible. The servant then put
some OF the ghee on his tongue and MADE
him swallow it. A few minutes afterwdrd
the eye-balls became dilated, and recovered
their natural color, when the Faklr re-
cogniZed Ruujeet Singh sitting close 10
him, and articulated in low sepulchral
tone, scarcely audible, 'DO you believe
me nowv Runieet Singh replied In the :
firmatiye, and invested the Fakr with a
pearl necklace and a superb pair OF gold
bracelets, and pieces of silk and muslin
and shawls, forming what is called khelat,
such as is usually conferred by tue Princes
of India on persons Of distinction. ] share
entirely in the apparent incredibiity OF the
fact of a man being buried alive and sur
viyng the trial without food or drink for
various periods OF duration; but, however
with our knowledge OF phy>i.
ology, in the absence OF any visible proof
TO the contrary, am bound to declare my
belief in the facts which have represented,
however impossible their existence may ap-
pear to Others"