;
English, 102;
"Europe," 102

Baptism, 23, 338;
Nonconformist laxity concerning, 5, 86

Barbel tree, 197

Barber, 271

Bath, 110, 290, 293, 341

Beasts, wild, 170

Bees, 190

Beetles, 189

Beggars, feasts to, 12;
Hindu religious, 201

Bells, bullocks', 324

Benson, Father, 156

Bhumya, his conversion, 338

Bible, quoted by Hindus, 4

_Bile polar_, festival for cattle, 245

_Bin_, musical instrument, 101

Birds, 185, 187;
scaring, 271

Bishop, Indian, 93

Blacksmiths, 271

Blasting, 261

Blister beetle, 189

Bookbinding, 150

Books in India, 143, 148; prayer, 144, 149; price of, 149

Boundary stones, 221, 253

Boy, Indian, 161, 163, 168, 192

Brahmins, 84, 85, 164, 265;
ladies, 23;
thread, 122

Brain-fever bird, 185

Brass, its polish, 62

Bread, 109

Bribes, 296;
on the railway, 296;
in trade, 298

Buffalo, 179;
the dead, 71

Bugs, 192

Bullocks, 324, 325;
drawing water, 98

Bungalow, 292, 297

Burial, 71, 268

Butterflies, 195

Camels, 181

Card-playing, 117

Caretaker, the faithful, 28;
his contentment, 29;
his prayers, 30

Carpenters, 271

Carpets, 78

Caste, 167, 210, 278;
breach of, 168, 237, 341

Catholic Church, 88, 96

Cattle, festival for, 245

Cemetery, Christian, 263;
consecrated, 267;
Cross, 267;
Hindu, 173

Chairs, 56

Character, Indian, 24, 90, 157, 249, 254, 289;
shallow, 158, 160, 166

Cheating labourers, 26, 30, 31

Choir-boys, 104

_Chowdi_, 215;
sleeping in, 314

Christian art, 64, 65

Christian Indians, 5, 15, 209, 226;
their hospitality, 13, 43;
honesty, 242;
respect for their mother, 14;
dress for, 41;
their expenses, 42;
their unpunctuality, 51;
their meals, 56, 236;
_panchayat_, 68;
their happiness, 115;
their prayer books, 144, 149;
houses, 254, 255

Church at Yerandawana, 19-23, 126, 155, 282

Clarke, Sir George, 103

Clergy, Indian, 89, 90, 91, 92

Clerk, Hindu village, 223, 224, 253

Cobra, 309, 310

Cockroaches, 190

Cold, 275;
Indians sensitive to, 276

Collectors, 80, 230

Comfort, increase of, 299, 301

Confessions to police, 217

Confirmation, 94

Conversion of India, 83;
of Brahmins, 84, 85;
of low castes, 85;
in famine time, 85

Cooking, particular about, 108;
pots, 56, 271;
graceful shape of, 61

Court, High, 212;
petty, 212;
Police, 214;
Registrar's, 265

Courtesy of Indians