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smart thrifty fellows with good health and spirits 

 who seem to enjoy work, and who try to make as 

 much money as they can : these are always to be 

 seen with a neat bright-coloured jacket on their 

 backs, and a gay handkerchief round their heads. 

 Such are the men to get hold of, if one can. 

 Eventually, they develope into good "Kanganies" 

 or " Maistries," and some of theni after a time arrive 

 at the dignity of a full-blown " Head Kangany," 

 on a salary of fifty rupees a month, and with a 

 following of from two to three hundred men. But 

 these instances, as it will be readily supposed, are 

 the exceptions rather than the rule. 



In order to form the nucleus of a gang, it will be 

 necessary to secure the services of a " Kangany " 

 or " Maistry," which can generally be done through 

 the assistance of some planting friend, or employ- 

 ment may be offered to some native or Eurasian 

 " writer " or conductor, on condition that he 

 succeeds in bringing together a suitable gang of 

 labourers. A sum of money will no doubt have 

 to be paid him in advance to aid him in accom- 

 plishing this, and it will of course be desirable, if 

 possible, to obtain from him some proper security 

 for its repayment 



When one remembers what the temptation must 

 be to an uneducated native of the lowest class, 

 previously without a rupee in his possession, and 



