Our boys in India . ishment, and are responsiblefor his being the king to-day ? Richard turned clear about, and looked him in the eyefor a moment. Then, with a light laugh, he muttered, Stuff!You must not believe, Scott, all that these complimentaryOrientals have to say. They remained but a day longer at Baroda. I am in haste to be off, said Mr. Raymond, for wemust have important news at Allahabad soon. It will hardlytake us longer to go by gar^i to Burhampur; and by thatmeans you can have a taste of very different travel, and seethe first of the famous marble banks of the Narbada cut
Our boys in India . ishment, and are responsiblefor his being the king to-day ? Richard turned clear about, and looked him in the eyefor a moment. Then, with a light laugh, he muttered, Stuff!You must not believe, Scott, all that these complimentaryOrientals have to say. They remained but a day longer at Baroda. I am in haste to be off, said Mr. Raymond, for wemust have important news at Allahabad soon. It will hardlytake us longer to go by gar^i to Burhampur; and by thatmeans you can have a taste of very different travel, and seethe first of the famous marble banks of the Narbada cut off two long sides of a triangle in not going backagain to Bombay, as we should have to, to go by rail. Scott did not see the garri till all was ready for the i=;o OUR BOYS IN INDIA. Start. It came the night before, and was made ready beforehe was up in the morning. What a wagon! was his first exclamation. It is the regular dak garri, or post-chaise, repliedRichard, laughing. I intended hiring one of our own ; THE DAK GARRI. finding that the regular weekly post left this morning, whichwould secure us a much surer lot of fresh horses and a certainprogress, I thought we would take it. So we are going to carry the mail, are we? And whatsthat bed in there for? To sleep on at night, replied Richard. At night? What will the hotel-keepers say? In two hours we shall be beyond where they know somuch as the name. Youll see no more comforts, my boy,till you strike the railroad again. Jew-pe-ter! said Scott. Thats not so bad. But I AN ELEPHANT FIGHT AND A MOUNTAIN RIDE. 1=^1 suppose we stop ten minutes now and then for refresh-ments. Comfortably seated on camp-chairs, with the mattress dis-posed of in one end, and Moro and Sayad rolled up in onecorner, they started off. Scott, as ever, was on the alert forevery thing new; and What is this? and What is that?seeming to live upon the tip of his tongue. Look at that, Richard said, as they were entering thefirst village. That is a Mohamm
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