Our boys in India . ked Scott. Beggars, replied Richard dryly, as he tossed a coinupon the bed. They look like turtles basking in the sun, said Scott. They dont seem very miserable. No, indeed! they are having a good time, said Mr. Ray-mond. It is only a profession in India. There is no dis-grace in it. Can any one be a beggar who wants to? Scott asked. Richard shrugged his shoulders. I dont imagine onewould have to tr^^ very hard ; but the general claim is, thatto pass the examination, and receive a diploma as a competentbeggar, one must either have the right of birth (that is. liisfather and
Our boys in India . ked Scott. Beggars, replied Richard dryly, as he tossed a coinupon the bed. They look like turtles basking in the sun, said Scott. They dont seem very miserable. No, indeed! they are having a good time, said Mr. Ray-mond. It is only a profession in India. There is no dis-grace in it. Can any one be a beggar who wants to? Scott asked. Richard shrugged his shoulders. I dont imagine onewould have to tr^^ very hard ; but the general claim is, thatto pass the examination, and receive a diploma as a competentbeggar, one must either have the right of birth (that is. liisfather and mother must have belonored to the class before J ^o OUR BOYS IN INDIA. him), or he must be a superannuated religious official, who isunable to support himself at the altar. But they stretch thata good deal, I fancy. At a little distance down the road, they passed a smallopen square, where a dozen or more children were drawn upin line, and gravely saluted them as they went by. What is the matter there ? asked SCHOOLBOYS SALUTING. * The two men behind are teachers, and the boys arescholars of a private school, replied Mr. Raymond. * A pretty set of scholars ! observed Scott. Theres notone of them a dozen years old. That may all be, returned Richard. But Ill venture,there are not three among them that cannot repeat the mul-tiplication-table up to twenty times twenty without a mistake,and as fast as their tongues will run. IN PALANQUIN AND ROW-BOAT. I^l Are there no larger schools than that ? Scott asked, asthey passed out of sight. Oh, yes, indeed ! any number of them; and smallerones too, where a few of the children of the wealthy areeducated by a priest. They send the little fellows while theyare very young; for they have a deal to learn, and but litdetime to learn it in. Many of the boys are married before
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