. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . THE KHOJAH. Taken as usurers they are not bad fellows - at least theycompare favourably with your English Kirkwoods .?/ /locgenus: they usually syndicate their loans, especially whentheir client is a European : they never charge less than 24per cent, often 60 per cent, and they usually get do pawnbroking on a small scale, and will speculate 196 OUR TROUBLES IN POONA AND THE DECCAN. in anything that promises a quick return. They are notcharitable, though they have been known to be gui
. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . THE KHOJAH. Taken as usurers they are not bad fellows - at least theycompare favourably with your English Kirkwoods .?/ /locgenus: they usually syndicate their loans, especially whentheir client is a European : they never charge less than 24per cent, often 60 per cent, and they usually get do pawnbroking on a small scale, and will speculate 196 OUR TROUBLES IN POONA AND THE DECCAN. in anything that promises a quick return. They are notcharitable, though they have been known to be guilty (fromtheir point of view) of very generous dealings, especiallytowards Englishmen. In common with all traders they rub their noses, remember-ing how in the good old days Raghojee Bhangria and. THE BORAH. Bhagojee Naique used to send them by scores to thehospital with no nasal organs worth mentioning. THE SHOPKEEPING CLASSES. Shopkeepers are shopkeepers all the world over, but inthe City of Poona it is remarkable how Mahommedans, SHOPKEEPERS OE ALL KINDS. 197 and Hindoos, Khojahs and Borahs, Moochees (Shoemakers),Chambars or Curriers, Katiks or Mahratta Butchers, Sweetmeatsellers and petty grocers, work amicably together. Aboveall, the hardware dealers have flourished exceedingly duringthe past 40 years. The writer remembers the time that theonly hardware retail shop in the Western Presidency wasthat of Mr. Walker, the well-known Tom Cringle ofBombay journalism. Nozv there must be at least fiftyKhojah and Borah firms with their own travellers on thecontinent, so articles made in Germany are verynumerous, cheap—and flimsy. These followers of the Prophetare very charitable to their owai people - but the charityof the Wanee, Bhattia and Goozar shopkeeper is extendedto all cla
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