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still standing there, & I told him the man was dead. The mouth smelt of arrack & Bang.
My master examined the body to see if he was dead, and said he was much surprised to find the man dead in consequence of a single blow. He gave me (sd my Mar) “a blow and I am not dead, and frequently a man receives 100 Lashes without dying.”
My master then went to the house of the old man that had treated agreed about the goat; and asked him if he had sent any one that day for the goat?
The old man sd No.
Qu: Did you send any one yesterday
A. No