The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21

strongly through it; then the wax was re-
| moved from his other nostril and the cot
| ton taken out of his ears. His mouth was
now opened, and the tongue, which had
been pressed closely to the roof of the
mouth, brought forward and both it and
the lips anointed with ghee Ga kind Of
outter). During this part of the pro-
ceedings l could not feel the pulsation of
the wrist, though the temperature of the
body had risen much above the natural
standard of health. When the box was
opened there was a heat about the region
OF the brain, but there was no pulsation in
the heart, temple or arms. The legs and
arms were extended and the eyelids raised;
the former were well rubbed and a little
ghee applied to the latter. The eyelids
presented dimmed, suffused appearance,
like those of corpse.
THE man now evinced signs of return
ing animation; the pulse became percepti-
bic at the wrist, whilst the unnatural tenn
perature of the body rapidly diminished.
He made several Intellectual efforts to
speak, and at length uttered a few words
in tone so low and feeble as to be almost
inaudible, saying to the Maharajah Do
you believe me now2' When the fakir
was able to converse freely the completion
of the feat was announced by the dis
charge of guns and other demonstrations
of Joy. A rich chain of gold was placed
round his neck by Runjeet, and earrings,
baubles and shawls were presented to
! him."
In the following year the fakir was sum-
moned to Lahore to repeat the trial for
shorter period, but because Captain Os-
borne and others expressed disbelief he re-
fused to give the exhibition.
Another Information is described by
Lieutenant A. H. Boileau which occurred
at Jaisulmer. He relates that the man. a
fakir about 80 years old, was buried for
thirty days and then dug out in the pres
ence of Esur Lal, one of the ministers of
the Muhasawal of Jaisulmer. He was
buried in a stone building about eight by
twelve; in the floor was dug hole three
feet long, two and half feet wide and
perhaps yard in depth, in which he was
placed in a sitting posture, sewed up in
shroud, with his feet turned inward to-
ward his stomach and his hands also
pointing toward the chest. Two heavy
slabs of stone six feet long, several inches
thick and broad enough to cover the
mouth of the grave, so that he could not
escape, were then placed over him and
little earth was plastered over the whole
so as to make the surface of the grave
smooth and compact. The door of the
house was built up and people were placed
on guard to see that no tricks were played.
At the expiration of a month the wall
ing of the door was broken and the man
dug out OF the grave. He was perfectly
senseless; his eyes were closed, his hands
cramped and powerless, his stomach
shrunken in, and his teeth jammed to-
gether so tightly that friends had to force
open his mouth with an iron rod in order
to pour little water down his throat
Gradually he recovered his senses and the
use OF his limbs.
Besides this Information at Jaisulmer
DR.. Paul refers to two other cases, one in
the Punjaub and the other in Calcutta,
the latter of which he Witnessed, and states
that only these three cases had occurred
in India in the last twenty-five years.
The yogis claim that this feat is the re-
suit OF long and arduous training. They
say that waste of the body is in the same
ratio as the exhalation of carbonic acid in
the breath, and that they have methods of
limiting such exhalation, and finally are
able to cease breathing altogether, and
that then all the functions of the body
stop; even the hair may cease to grow. It
is said that during the operation the yogi
is in trance, and in exceptional cases
this may last for many months.
RAM SINGH.