4 New A rrival^ Ddking into the Factory \ etc. 



relay, is stationed at about every five miles. Gene- 

 rally, on the occasion of a new hand joining, he is 

 met by the Manager of the concern he is about to 

 join, at the station, or by a senior assistant, who will 

 probably have the pleasure, subsequently, of what 

 is technically called " putting him through." 



The horses or ponies sent out on dak for a new 

 arrival are not necessarily always the very best which 

 the " concern " affords. The ordinary Indigo Planter 

 of commerce is the very soul of generosity, but when 

 it comes to letting out his best horses on dak for 

 a friend, it is found that he even has a sneaking 

 fondness for the general fitness of things, and pre- 

 fers to suit the animal to the emergencies of the 

 journey to be performed. The roads are excellent 

 roads, as roads ; but when a planter or the depart- 

 ment on that particular lay for the time being, goes 

 and repairs a road with two feet and a half of loose 

 earth and large clods just before a long season of 

 heavy rains, the effect in and about the months of 

 October and November may be imagined, but can- 

 not adequately be described. Whether riding or 

 driving daks are sent for our young friend, he will 

 have to be most particularly careful to keep his 

 "heye" open about mounting and riding some of 

 the former. They have been out once or twice on 

 dak before, notwithstanding he has not, and they 



