10 RIFLE AND SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. 



I presume was too common), and got one, but alas ! she did 

 not meet with Mr. Goat's approval, so he gently walked up 

 to her and ran her through with his horns : a more summary 

 method than either breach of promise or divorce. 



Thursday, October 6th.- — We went after breakfast to see 

 Mr. Rustomjee's warehouses. It was a most interesting 

 experience. They extend for a long way, with a tram-line 

 running through them, and we went round on a tramcar. 

 Mr. Eustomjee is the greatest merchant in the place and 

 apparently the " universal provider." He supplies every- 

 thing, from iron rails to marrons glacis, from the latest 

 fashion in tea-gowns down to white mice. In one room 

 thousands of various samples are laid out for the up-country 

 shopkeepers' inspection, but there seem to be very few 

 native productions. I admired some Oriental-looking cotton 

 stuff sold for two annas a yard (about twopence), and 

 lamented that such things could not be bought at such prices 

 in England. It was rather a shock when Mr. Eustomjee 

 quietly said : " Oh ! these all come from Manchester ! " 



The Army and Navy Stores have opened a branch here, 

 but Mr. Rustomjee says it will probably not pay, as the 

 English shopmen have to be fed, lodged, and paid high 

 wages, whilst the native shopkeepers are content to earn a 

 few pence a day, sleep on the ground and feed on a handful 

 of rice or chupatties. Leaving the warehouses, we passed a 

 yard stored with bales of old English newspapers that are 



