BULLET AND SHOT 



the influence of the demon drink, from the sale 

 of which the Government derives so great a 

 revenue, is superadded, it will be seen at a glance 

 that the pariah, or native Christian servant of the 

 south, can scarcely be expected to be so trustworthy 

 as is the Mohamedan of the north. 



Excellent servants are to be found in Madras, 

 as also in other large towns in the south ; but 

 such can usually obtain congenial and well-paid 

 employment in those towns, and are generally, even 

 if found when temporarily disengaged, unwilling 

 to risk their health in, or to undergo the privations 

 and (to them) monotony of camp life. 



The first demand which a servant will make on 

 being engaged will be an advance of half a month's 

 wages. In every case the sportsman must insist 

 upon retaining, as some small security therefor, 

 the chits, or written characters, which the boy will 

 have presented for his perusal, the same to be 

 carefully kept and returned to the latter when 

 his services are dispensed with. 



As stated elsewhere, a suit of warm clothes and 

 a blanket, and in wet weather a cheap waterproof 

 coat and turban cover also, should be given to 

 each servant before he leaves headquarters for the 

 jungles, or hills, as the case may be. 



The only domestic servants which a single sports- 

 man in the south need take into camp with him 

 are, a head boy, or " butler," and a cook. As, 

 however, servants are terribly liable to suffer from 

 fever, etc., when in the jungles, the head boy must 

 also be a capable cook, and it will add to the 



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