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. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . THE TALEE. any means confine themselves to oil pressing, but are goodmechanics, carpenters and artificers of all kinds. ManyTakes or Jews are in the army, many also are in thePolice, where such men as the late Abraham David of theAhmednuggur Police did rare good work. The more there 240 OUR TROUBLES IN POONA AND THE DECCAN. are in the Police or. for the matter of that, in GovernmentService, the better for the State, THE GOANESE (PORTUGUESE HALF-CASTES) ANDOTHER There is a large Goa
. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . THE TALEE. any means confine themselves to oil pressing, but are goodmechanics, carpenters and artificers of all kinds. ManyTakes or Jews are in the army, many also are in thePolice, where such men as the late Abraham David of theAhmednuggur Police did rare good work. The more there 240 OUR TROUBLES IN POONA AND THE DECCAN. are in the Police or. for the matter of that, in GovernmentService, the better for the State, THE GOANESE (PORTUGUESE HALF-CASTES) ANDOTHER There is a large Goanese Community, harmless, indolentpeople not remarkable for abstention from strong drinks,breeders of poultry of all kinds, and pork; most of themare musicians, and many are in the native regimental HALF-CASTES OF ALL KINDS. 241 bands. Some are petty shopkeepers, bakers and confec-tioners, many more are domestic servants, a few arecarpenters and machinists. All are devout Roman Catholics;they have no sort of sympathy with the Brahmins, whodespise them. They have all the weakness of characterof both the races from whom they are descended, vanity,love of dress, loquacity; like most mixed Eastern races,they are deficient in physique and perhaps in courage. The other Eurasians of the present day resemble themin many ways, but the older families often contain finespecimens of the human race, possessed of much energyand endowed with courage. They join the Volunteer Corps,and would no doubt be staunch in action. 16 CHAPTER XIX. THE POONA POLICE. In the present troubles th
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