. Reminiscences; the story of an emigrant. hom are Mohammedans, one hundred and ninety millionsBrahmins, two millions Christians, three and a half mil-lions, Buddhists, Parsees or fire-worshipers, two millionsSikhs, and the rest are Jews or adherents of unknown re-ligions. Queen Victoria of England is Empress of India,and the country is ruled in her name by a viceroy. It isdivided into three great presidencies, viz., Bengal, Madras,and Bombay, and these are again divided into a number ofdistricts and native principalities. In order to maintain hersupremacv in India, England keeps an army of ab
. Reminiscences; the story of an emigrant. hom are Mohammedans, one hundred and ninety millionsBrahmins, two millions Christians, three and a half mil-lions, Buddhists, Parsees or fire-worshipers, two millionsSikhs, and the rest are Jews or adherents of unknown re-ligions. Queen Victoria of England is Empress of India,and the country is ruled in her name by a viceroy. It isdivided into three great presidencies, viz., Bengal, Madras,and Bombay, and these are again divided into a number ofdistricts and native principalities. In order to maintain hersupremacv in India, England keeps an army of about twohundred thousand regulars, of whom a little over one-thirdare English and the rest natives; and beside these there is alarge militia and police force. Most of the native soldiershail from the mountain districts. The most prominent of 164 Story of an Emigrant. 165 them belong to the Sikhs and Gourkas, two Indian Sikhs are tall, stately fellows, in my opinion ideal sol-diers for a standing army. The Gourkas are smaller in. SIKH CAVALRY MAN. stature, but very energetic and hardy; and both are renownedfor their courage and endurance. It is said that a Gourkasoldier would rather fight than eat, while a Sikh takes thematter more philosophically, and eats first and then native regiments are cpmmanded by British officers, and 166 Story of an Emigrant. a native seldom attains the rank of a commanding officer,—not because he is incapable of performing this duty, butrather because the English do not trust him implicitly. The bulk of the people belong to the Arian race, as we do;with the exception of the complexion, which is a littledarker, their features are the same as ours. Occasionally aHindoo may have red hair, but never blonde hair and blueeyes. Comparing the higher and the lower classes, the com-plexion of the former is lighter, and their bodies are betterbuilt and statelier than those of the lower or laboring classes,who also have a darker skin. The
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