Indian pictures and problems . n rank and fashiondisports itself in tum-tum and barouche, drivingleisurely round Dalhousie Park, or takes morevigorous exercise at polo on the JNIaidan, or rowson the Lake. Towards the gay worldmeets by general consent at the Gymkhana Club,and spends a sociable hour until it is time to dressfor dinner. That is the ordinary sort of programme,but we visitors, licensed libertines that we are, mayalter it as we choose. The JNIajor will leave hisoffice for a day to take us into the jungle; his wifewill forego her siesta to help us choose silks inthe bazaars
Indian pictures and problems . n rank and fashiondisports itself in tum-tum and barouche, drivingleisurely round Dalhousie Park, or takes morevigorous exercise at polo on the JNIaidan, or rowson the Lake. Towards the gay worldmeets by general consent at the Gymkhana Club,and spends a sociable hour until it is time to dressfor dinner. That is the ordinary sort of programme,but we visitors, licensed libertines that we are, mayalter it as we choose. The JNIajor will leave hisoffice for a day to take us into the jungle; his wifewill forego her siesta to help us choose silks inthe bazaars. They will either of them be our asso-ciates in the hundred and one eccentricities whichmake the native regard the travelling Europeanwith suspecting eye—things which, under normalconditions, residents would never dream of will halt a procession or a water-carrier thatwe may snap-shot them; they will toil up topagodas which they have never before visited ; tliey will drive with us into the Shan village behind 212. THE ENGLISHMANS HOME . . Government House to assist in our quest of rubiesfrom the mines. Their carriages are at our disposal,their servants at our beck and call, their very mealsare timed for our convenience. Good luck tothem I And when we have exhausted the resourcesof Rangoon, and our soul is longing for a sightof the country, we have but to turn to anysporting subaltern of our acquaintance, and wecan be off into the jungle at twelve hoursnotice in pursuit of wild elephant, man-eatingtiger, or smaller game. I have been on severalsuch expeditions, and cannot withhold my appre-ciation of all the arrangements so speedily madeand so successfully carried out. * Making a goodbundobust was what my young friends pridedthemselves upon, and they are entitled to allthe credit they may claim. Nothing was for-gotten—provisions, ponies, transport for a week:the whole thing went with a swing, and, althoughwe never saw another white man, we lived onthe fat of the l
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