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dan, 79, 196 Tom Tiddler's ground, 136 Toothbrush, 235 Tops, 132 Torture, 213, 217, 218 Trades, 270; ancestral, 323 "Traveller's tale," 182 _Tulsi_ plant, 58, 208 Tunes, 103; Indian, for hymns, 104 Turban, 44, 284, 343 Umbrellas, 278 Unfinished projects, 158, 256, 258, 260 Unpunctuality, 48; instance of, 49; on the railway, 48, 49; at meals, 52, 53; incurable, 50, 51; amongst Christians, 51, 92, 93, 94; illustration from parables, 52 Unrest, political, 278, 280 Villages, 66 Vultures, 186 Washerman, 317 Wasps, 190 Watchmen, night, 72 Wells, 258, 260 Widows, Hindu, 22, 204; at Yerandawana, 206; garments of, 205; Home for, 205, 207, 299; marriage of, 206, 209 Windows, 56 Wolf-boys, 174 Wolves, 174 Women, their dress, 44, 65; their meals, 55; _purdah_, 81; grinding, 98, 105, 106 Work, low ideal of, 295 Wrestling, 137; prizes for, 138; competitions, 140 Wrongdoing, 212, 217, 218 Xavier, St Francis, 97 Yerandawana, 15, 18, 19, 33, 74, 126, 154, 196, 202, 206, 263 Yonge, Miss, 21 * * * * * _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ INDIAN JOTTINGS FROM TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCES IN AND AROUND POONA CITY BY THE REV. EDWARD F. ELWIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, COWLEY With Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net "Mr Elwin has written a book of singular merit, and as compared with most of the many books about India, of quite unusual value. It is what Carlyle would have called a sincere book.... The author writes out of the fulness of personal knowledge and observation, with no other object than that of telling truly what he knows, and describing with fidelity what he has seen."--_The Scotsman._ HOBSON-JOBSON. Being a Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms--Etymological, Historical, Geographical, and Discursive. By the late Colonel Sir HENRY YULE, R.E., C.B., and the late ARTHUR COKE BURNELL, Ph.D., C.I.E. Second Edition, thoroughly revised by WILLIAM CROOKE, B.A. Demy 8vo, 28s. net. _A NEW EDITION, THOROUGHLY REVISED_ A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN INDIA, BURMA, AND CEYLON. Including the Provinces of Bengal, Bombay, Madras, the United Provinces of Agra and Lucknow, the Panjab, Eastern Bengal and Assam, the North-West Frontier Province, Baluchistan and the Central Provinces, and the
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