spots of a yellowish white paint, indicating also their caste, and the
peculiar divinity to whose worship they were specially devoted. On their
feet they wore slippers, and were as noiseless as cats in all their
movements. There are no better or more pleasant waiters in the world than
the natives of Hindostan.

Early as the hour named for the start would appear in England, it was by
no means early for India, where every one is up and about soon after
daylight--the morning hours up to eight o'clock being the most pleasant of
the whole day.

Kate and Rose were up, and all had had "_chota hazaree_" (little
breakfast) by half-past six, and were ready when Captain Dunlop drew up in
his buggy--a conveyance which will only hold two. The dog-cart was already
at the door, and the whole party were soon in motion. On the road they
passed several of their friends, for every one was going out to the hunt,
and merry greetings were exchanged.

The scenery round Sandynugghur resembles that which is common to all the
great plains of India watered by the Ganges and Jumna. The country is for
the most part perfectly flat, and cut up into little fields, divided by
shallow ditches. Here and there nullahs, or deep watercourses, with
tortuous channels and perpendicular sides, wind through the fields to the
nearest stream. These nullahs constitute the great danger of hunting in
the country. In the fields men may be noticed, in the scantiest of attire,
working with hoes among their springing crops; women, wrapped up in the
dark blue calico cloth which forms their ordinary costume, are working as
hard as the men. Villages are scattered about, generally close to groves
of trees. The huts are built of mud; most of them are flat-topped, but
some are thatched with rushes. Rising above the villages is the mosque,