Care and Upkeep 213 



Each section of such labour forces must be 

 under the properly constituted control of a 

 native overseer, known in various centres as 

 Mandor, Khangani, Nyapara, &c. The 

 sections under the authority of an overseer 

 should never be too numerous, as such a 

 course tends to interfere with proper super- 

 vision and authority. 



Constant vigilance should be exercised by 

 the white staff throughout the fields, and by 

 the medico in the lines, to see that no in- 

 justice or bullying occurs on the part of the 

 overseers towards those under their care. 



Some natives, owing to their being physically 

 weak, or of diminutive and puny build, are 

 unfit for general plantation work, but all such 

 have their uses. What Nature deprives them 

 of on the one hand she makes up, say by 

 agility or sharper wits, on the other, and so 

 many of these otherwise unfit can often with 

 advantage be kept for the special purpose of 

 collecting beetles and other pests by hand, 

 and superintending gangs of children doing 

 the same. 



It is the task of the man in authority over 

 the whole undertaking, "He who must be 

 obeyed," to vary Rider Haggard, to see that 

 perfect harmony and goodwill prevail at all 

 times among each and every member of the 

 heterogeneous community. 



His sense of justice must be of a pronounced 

 kind, and every member must, at all times, feel 



