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When I awoke from the trance into which I had fallen, I found myself in a bath, surrounded by innumerable black faces; and a Hindoo pothukoor (whence our word apothecary) feeling my pulse and looking at me with an air of sagacity.
"Where am I? " I exclaimed, looking round and examining the strange faces, and the strange apartment which met my view. "Bekhusm! " said the apothecary. "Silence! Gahagan Sahib is in the hands of those who know his valour, and will save his life."