186 INDIAN SERVANTS. 



young sportsmen's followers are sometimes subjected to discomforts which 

 do not arise from want of humanity, but of knowledge. For my own part, 

 having resided so much amongst natives — often not seeing a European for 

 months together — I feel that sport would not yield me one-half the plea- 

 sure it does if my people did not enjoy it with me, and feel interested in 

 their master's success. It would be unpleasant to think that they disliked 

 my trips into the jungles, and probably with reason, if they were to be 

 exposed to danger of fever. A rig-out of warm clothes and a blanket at 

 intervals, with a small travelling allowance to compensate for the extra 

 expense they are put to for their food, keep servants healthy and contented. 

 If the marches are long, the sportsman's means of transport — usually carts 

 in Southern India — should' be increased for the servants' convenience. 

 Long foot-marches on cold nights or hot days soon knock up domestics 

 accustomed to life in comfortable quarters. 



