Chapter XIX

My Life as a Mendicant

Dependent on the charitable--An incident on the bridge over the Jhelum

River--A rebuff on the feast-day--An Indian railway-station--A

churlish Muhammadan--Helped by a soldier--A partner in the

concern--A friendly native Christian--The prophet of Qadian--A

new Muhammadan development--Crossing the Beas River--Reception

in a Sikh village--Recognized by His Majesty Yakub Khan, late

Amir--Allahabad--Encounter with a Brahman at Bombay--Landing

at Karachi--Value of native dress--Relation to natives--Need

of sympathy--The effect of clothes--Disabilities in railway

travelling--English manners--Reception of visitors 241-256

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