Rare Instance of Nerve.—An Indian sword player declared at a great public festival that he could cleave a small time laid on a man's palm without injury to the member ; and the General (Sir Charles Napier) extended his right hand for Ihe trial. —The sword-player awed hy his rank, was reluctant, and cut the fruit horizontally. Heing urged to fulfil his boast, lie examined the palm, and said it was not one to be experimented upon with safely, and refused to proceed. The General then extended his leli hand, which was admitted to be suitable in form ; yet the Indian still declined the trial; and when pressed twice waved his thin keen edged blade as if to strike, and twice withheld the blow, declaring lie was uncertain of success. Finally he was forced to make the trial; and the lime fell open clearly divided—the edge or the sword just marked its passage over the skin without drawing a drop of blood ?—Sir Char let Napier's Administration in Scintle.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 101, 4 November 1852, Page 4
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168Untitled Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 101, 4 November 1852, Page 4
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