CHAPTER XLIX.

Pyjamas—Day Scene in India—Clothed in a Turban and a Pocket

Handkerchief—Land Parceled Out—Established Village Servants—Witches in

Families—Hereditary Midwifery—Destruction of Girl Babies—Wedding

Display—Tiger-Persuader—Hailstorm Discouragers—The Tyranny of the

Sweeper—Elephant Driver—Water Carrier—Curious Rivers—Arrival at

Allahabad—English Quarter—Lecture Hall Like a Snowstorm—Private

Carriages—A Milliner—Early Morning—The Squatting Servant—A Religious

Fair

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