3 86 A Sportswoman in India 



Advertisement of a toy. Indiarubber snake toy. 



" A very strange and singular Toy for Joke. Being 

 too exact and similar like a Snake, no eyes can evade 

 its dread." 



From the Headmaster's report of the school. 



"... I have gathered many of the natural products 

 of the earth for the School Museum which is worth 

 to be seen. The Educational Authorities have acquired 

 newly a place for Boys to play their plays on, in hours 

 of leisure. There is a gymnasium in the school which 

 also falls short of some of its necessary instruments." 



Application for a clerkship. 



" MOST HONOURED SIR, 



c< With every mark of respect and due humility, 

 I beg to lay the few following lines before your 

 Honour, a bright dazzling sunshine to scatter the 

 heavy clouds impending all around. 



" I beg to say that philosophic saying of days of 

 yore and of modern theologist based on best truths 

 to the effect that the sunshine and storms of life go 

 hand in hand, are but theoretical and negative to me 

 alone, since my introduction to the sphere up to the 

 present stage. I am journeying through the vale of 

 life with none to help and none to free me from the 

 cruel jaws of chill penury though possessed of minions 

 of splendour. Nevertheless I am, which keep up my 

 feelings of patience, and to stand on firm foot amidst 



