. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . and living bind him still to dear India. These are only a few of the touches of romance that one sees,in spite of himself, as he gathers his luggage together and makesready to land. But all India is full of them. My right-handneighbor at the table on the Sutlej had been in England for thesummer. He had served out his time and had well earned hispension. He had gone back to England, as I should have thought,to spend the remainder of his life. But he could not find hisold friends or environment. Hence he came back to Indiaagain. His mala
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . and living bind him still to dear India. These are only a few of the touches of romance that one sees,in spite of himself, as he gathers his luggage together and makesready to land. But all India is full of them. My right-handneighbor at the table on the Sutlej had been in England for thesummer. He had served out his time and had well earned hispension. He had gone back to England, as I should have thought,to spend the remainder of his life. But he could not find hisold friends or environment. Hence he came back to Indiaagain. His malady was insomnia, and even sweet old Englandcould not give him what he wanted. About two months after-wards, as I was changing trains at Benares, I heard a familiarvoice calling to me. It was my neighbor at the table of theSutlej. How have you been ? I asked. Oh, only fairly well. Cant sleep. I am afraid—yes—it isa serious case. He was giving up. These were our last words together. Though he cannot sleep,even in Indiaj -he will hardly leave it CHAPTER III. BOMBAY-TOUCHES OF ITS HISTORY. Bombay is a fair illustration of the firmnof the Englishmans grasp. This one city rep-resents in miniature the whole history of tin-English people in the East. The entire western coast of India was astrong attraction to the Portuguese in the sixteenth century, when their keels were cleavingall seas. Wealth in Hindustan was as an incentive to this discovery and pos-session as it was to the conquest of South LAK8HMI, OCR LADY . l . of bombay. America, lhe Portuguese aspirations dif- fered totally from the English. The Por-tuguese cavaliers and naval heroes entered India for conqmdominion, and wealth. They had historical aims. Every move-ment was conducted with all the splendor of entered India modestly, quietly, and solely for com-mercial purposes. Bombay, known probably as an excellentharbor, early attracted the Portuguese. They saw a little clusterof native h
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