. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . usicians areof course very numerous around (for they rarely camp in)the City of Poona. Mr. Van Ruith has given a charmingpicture of a gang about to begin business in a are of course musicians and dancers of a muchhigher class who are regularly employed in the City for nautches and other high-class entertainments ; of theirmorals the less said the better. Not much more can besaid of the women-kind of the lower classes who purveyfor public amusement. The honesty of all is decidedlyq
. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . usicians areof course very numerous around (for they rarely camp in)the City of Poona. Mr. Van Ruith has given a charmingpicture of a gang about to begin business in a are of course musicians and dancers of a muchhigher class who are regularly employed in the City for nautches and other high-class entertainments ; of theirmorals the less said the better. Not much more can besaid of the women-kind of the lower classes who purveyfor public amusement. The honesty of all is decidedlyquestionable; they are educated enough to make a gooddeal of money occasionally by blackmailing respectable orostensibly respectable citizens. In olden days these people used to follow in the rearof Mogul armies and have what Arry calls a igh oldtime ! In a defeat they changed sides easily and marchedwith the victors. In the present day, should these festivegangs somewhat suddenly leave the City, let the Police beon the qui vive, for most certainly there is going to be ariot or a row of some ooID z Xr. 7; \ MORE HOLY THAN RIGHTEOUS. 225 THE GoSAEES OR RELIGIOUS DEVOTEES. I purposely include these among the Predatories becausethey mostly prey on other people for their subsistence. Other-wise they are very holy men, and are regarded with greatveneration, or rather with superstitious dread, by all classes.
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