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Portuguese Indian Colony of Goa is to some extent 

 represented. The latter, however, is, as a rule, 

 indistinguishable from his British neighbour, and 

 his methods of doing business and mode of hfe are 

 essentially the same. 



These men intermingle freely with native women, 

 and a type of half-caste is fairly numerous which 

 exercises no small influence over the native 

 tribes among which it has made its appearance. 

 Especially in the more ancient settlements are 

 these offspring of the Oriental and the African most 

 frequently to be found, and it is only fair to state 

 that the Indian parent displays great solicitude 

 for their education and future welfare. Many of 

 these men may be found in positions of no small 

 responsibility, for which their Indian sagacity com- 

 bined with their African robustness very singularly 

 fit them. Thus, apart from employment in the 

 establishments of the British Indians themselves, 

 it is not unusual to find them occupying posts of 

 some responsibility in the service of the govern- 

 ment of the Province of Portuguese East Africa. 



Indians who are not actually born on the East 

 African coast or its hinterland usually arrive there 

 as young naen and engage themselves as salesmen 

 in the shops and stores of such of their country- 

 men as are already established. At the end of 

 such engagement, they endeavour, as a rule, to start 

 business on their own account, and as there is 

 rarely an opportunity of doing so in the towns, the 

 enterprising young " Banyan " invests a portion of 

 his savings in the purchase of a small stock of 

 native barter goods, and, with these borne on the 



