CHAPTER II. 

 THE FACTORY-ASSISTANT'S BUNGALOW, ETC, 



Jwill suppose our young friend to have at last, after 

 the usual journey in trap or saddle, arrived 

 at the " Sudder " or head factory, the residence 

 of the Manager of the " concern." He will pro- 

 bably be entertained here for a few days prior to 

 being despatched to his out-factory, where he will 

 take up his residence, I will hope, for some years, 

 gradually qualifying himself to become some day a 

 manager himself. 



The Assistant's bungalow, or house, will probably 

 be much like the illustration given. His cook-room 

 will always be at some little distance from the house ; 

 it has been found well that this, in an Eastern clime, 

 should be so There are weird legends extant, of 

 matutinal coffee strained through the garment which 

 covers the foot Have not puddings been boiled in 

 banians and pocket-hanky-thingumajigs lent by the 

 bearer from not amongst the clean things ? Is not 

 hare (hair) soup served up regularly until the bobar- 

 chee's (cook's) ambrosial locks are perforce seized and 

 shorn by the stern order of the sahib , who with all 

 his love of game soup and pie, to say nothing of 

 curry holds, in this case, with the fastidious man in 



