[A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman]@TWC D-Link bookA Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II CHAPTER IV 69/79
He had many servants with him, and among them Janoo, a khidmutgar lad, and an old sipahee, named Ramzan Khan.
Janoo took compassion upon the poor boy, extracted the arrow from his thigh, had his wound dressed, and prepared a bed for him under the mango-tree, where he himself lodged, but kept him tied to a tent-pin. He would at that time eat nothing but raw flesh.
To wean him from this, Janoo, with the consent of his master, gave him rice and pulse to eat.
He rejected them for several days, and ate nothing; but Janoo persevered, and by degrees made him eat the balls which he prepared for him: he was fourteen or fifteen days in bringing him to do this. The odour from his body was very offensive, and Janoo had him rubbed with mustard-seed soaked in water, after the oil had been taken from it (_khullee_), in the hope of removing this smell.
He continued this for some months, and fed him upon rice, pulse, and flour bread, but the odour did not leave him.
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