CHAPTER XIII. 



THE THREE DISTRICTS — THE PLANTERS — MR. 

 LAURENCE CROWDY — THE STUDDS — LIFE IN 

 X TIRHOOT — CHARLIE WEBB — BOB CROWDY — DAWK 

 DRIVING — MR. ABBOTT — RACING — THE BEHAR 

 MOUNTED RIFLES — POLO — JIMMY MACLEOD — 

 ROWLEY HUDSON. 



Behar, or " the three districts," as it is locally called, 

 comprises Tirhoot, Chumparun, and Sarun, whose fertile 

 plains are studded here and there with indigo factories, 

 at intervals of from, say, four to twenty miles. The 

 planters are as fine a set of fellows as have ever repre- 

 sented the " old country " in any clime. They are hos- 

 pitable and generous to a fault ; devoted to sport, 

 especially on horseback ; loyal to their Queen and 

 country ; and the "best company" in the world. They 

 are true to the old, princely Indian traditions of by- 

 gone years, despite the fact that the present times are 



