pon this subject. Nevertheless, thirty years of matured
experience in this land, living in constant touch with the people and
studying with eagerness their life and thought, gives him an humble
claim to speak once more upon the subject.

Even now, however, his pride of knowledge is chastened by the
oft-recurring surprises which the Oriental nature and life still bring
to him. And he does not cease to pray, with a western saint, who, at
the end of a half century of work for the people of India, daily cried
out,--

"O Lord, help me to know these people and to come into intimate
relations of life with them!"

If, in these pages, he can help others of the West to come face to
face with the immense and intricate problems which confront all who
desire to know, to help, and to bless India, and shall enable them to
understand better the conditions and characteristics of life in the
Land of the Vedas, he will feel amply repaid for his labours.

I express my deep gratitude to the Rev. J. L. Barton, D.D., for his
kind encouragement in the publishing of this book; and also to the
Rev. W. W. Wallace, M.A., for his generous aid in the proof-reading.

J. P. JONES.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. INDIA'S UNREST

i. Extent of the Movement

ii. Causes of Unrest

iii. Conditions of Unrest

iv. Results

v. How shall the Unrest be Removed

II. THE HOME OF MANY FAITHS

Hinduism--Madura and Benares

Demonolatry--Madura

Christianity--Travancore and Cochin

Judaism--Cochin

Parseeism--Bombay

Jainism--Bombay

Mohammedanism--Agra and Delhi

Buddhism--Delhi, Sarnath

Sikhism--Amritsar

III. BURMA, THE BEAUTIFUL

The Extent of the British Empire

Burma's Triple Produce

The Land of Pagodas

Mandalay

A Land where Woman is Honoured

A Land where Caste is Unknown

The American Baptist Mission

The Karens and their Conversion

Ko San Ye

IV. THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM

What is Caste

i. Origin of Caste

(_a_) Religious Theory

(_b_) Tribal Theory

(_c_) Social Theory

(_d_) Occupational Theory

(_e_) Crossing Theory

ii. Characteristics of Caste

Intermarriage

Inter-dining

Contact

Oc