Many were killed--some were wounded and bruised.
Polenap himself, by lighting on his men, who served him as cushions,
barely escaped with life. But he received a fracture in the upper part
of his head, and a dislocation of the hip, which will not only prevent
him from ever climbing again, but probably make him a cripple for
life.
"The Brahmin and I endeavoured to give the sufferers some assistance;
but this was rendered unnecessary, by the crowd which their cries and
lamentations brought to their relief. I thought that the author of so
much mischief would have been stoned on the spot; but, to my surprise,
his servants seemed to feel as much for his honour as their own
safety, and warmly interfered in his behalf, until they had somewhat
appeased the rage of the surrounding multitude."
The _absurdities_ of the _physiognomical system_ of Lavater,
and of the _craniological system_ of MM. Gall and Spurzheim, were
not likely to escape animadversion, in a work of general satire,
fruitful as they have already been in such themes. The representative
of the former, is a fortune-telling philosopher, Avarabet, (Lavater,)
whose course of proceeding was, to examine the finger nails, and,
according to their form, colour, thickness, surface, grain, and other
properties, to determine the character and destinies of those who
consulted him; and that of the latter, a physician, who judged of the
character of disposition or disease, by the examination of a lock of
the hair.
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