136 JULY 



A little bonemeal would have done them good, 

 but we cannot get Mahgun or any Hindoo to touch 

 that splendid fertiliser. They say that human 

 bones are ground up to make it, and that perhaps 

 those of some relative or ancestor of their own may 

 be mixed up in it; so a Mahomedan boy has to 

 dig it out of the sack and mix it in the earth ; after 

 which the Hindoo consents to apply it where 

 wanted. It does not seem to be of any conse- 

 quence to the Mahomedan whether he is using 

 his grandmother's bones to manure flowers with or 

 not. 



An old mango tree that lost its top in a cyclone, 

 has taken a week to dig up. It must have been 

 more than 100 years old. At last its roots were 

 chopped off, and there it lay in the deep pit dug 

 round it, but no amount of hauling could get it out. 

 It was in the way of the new fern-house being 

 built, so the C. S. advised digging still more under 

 its head, and simply burying it as it lay. Many 

 years hence it would become coal, he said, "but we 

 shall not be here to see." Jogee and his crew did 

 not see the force of losing their firewood, so with 

 superhuman efforts managed after some days to 



