106 INDIAN HONESTY IN REPAYMENT OF DEBTS. 



of honesty. They may steal, but will respect the pro- 

 perty of traders living in their midst, with whom they 

 have business relations, in accordance with the terms of 

 the old adage " There is honour even among thieves. " 

 We might go on to cite instance after instance in proof 

 of what we have here advanced, did space admit of it, but 

 we must bring this section of our w^ork to a close, and 

 passing further towards the snowy regions of the North, 

 we shall have another opportunity of depicting the 

 red man under the leafy shadows of " The Great 

 Forest Region of the Temperate Zone." 



