st dams they built
great masonry ones, and bested that fire; though for a long time
afterwards, whenever they pumped water into it, the steam would puff out
from crevices in the ground above.

It is a queer life that they lead, these men of the coal-fields, and a
"big" life to boot. To describe one-half of their labours would need a
week at the least, and would be incomplete then. "If you want to see
anything," they say, "you should go over to the Baragunda copper-mines;
you should look at the Barakar ironworks; you should see our boring
operations five miles away; you should see how we sink pits; you should,
above all, see Giridih Bazaar on a Sunday. Why, you haven't seen
anything. There's no end of a Sonthal Mission hereabouts. All the little
dev--dears have gone on a picnic. Wait till they come back, and see 'em
learning to read."

Alas! one cannot wait. At the most one can but thrust an impertinent pen
skin-deep into matters only properly understood by specialists.

THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS

GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

Transcriber's Notes

Use the phase to find the text referenced.

Page 290

rate will know what I mean.

'known' changed to 'know'.

Page 353

lanquer stands

'lanquer' may be 'lacquer'. Unchanged.

Page 382

if they show the least disposition

'dispositon' changed to 'disposition'.

Page 393

door with _cloisonnee_ hinges,

cloisonnee also spelled cloissonnee in this book. No change.

Part 2

Page 74

jet of steam

'stream' changed to 'steam'.

Page 80

black-yellow, and pink pools

'link' changed to 'pink'.

Page 105

Lord forgie us

'forgie' may be a form of dialect meaning 'forgive'. Unchanged.

Page 114

the final book of Mononi

'Mononi' may be 'Moroni'. Unchanged.

Page 193

maidan also spelled maidan and maidan. No change.

Page 231

pan also spelled pan. No change.

Page 292

seam has gone up or down.

'beam' changed to 'seam'.

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