JUI^GLE TAILORS, SERVANTS AND COURTS. 
been busy sewing all the time he has been out. Stand- 
ing, or rather placed, just at his side, and concealed 
by clippings of cloth, might be seen a small broken 
piece of an old earthen chatty filled with ashes, into 
which he spits out his betel chewing ; of course he 
can’t spit in the verandah, and it would be found 
fault withj were he to spit beyond it or into the 
drain the red spittings would leave their marks too 
plainly, and his employer would kick up a row, and so 
the difficulty was met by constructing this original 
spittoon, which he removed every evening, cleaned out, 
and filled anew with fresh ashes, to meet the requirements 
of the next day. 
The tailor had been at work about two days, and 
had got about half through with the first suit, when 
the next morning, instead of resuming his usual seat 
and his work, he appeared, standing fixedly in the 
verandah, staring as on the first day of our acquaintance. 
On being told it is time to go to work he replies 
he is obliged to go to Gampolaj he heard last night 
that his youngest child was very ill. We regret this 
information, and suggest, could it not be possible to 
finish the trousers first ? he would do it in an hour’s 
time. But he declares it to be quite impossible, he 
must start immediately ; ’on which he is told to be 
off, but he does not go. After some little hesitation 
he says he will probably have to purchase medicine 
for his child, even call in a doctor. Doctors must be 
paid, in fact it was doubtful if one would come unless 
prepaid, and be had no money. Master must 
advance him two pounds. After a good deal of con- 
troversy he agrees to take one, and be back again 
before the lapse of three days ; but he did not return 
for a week. He said he had been taken suddenly 
ill, in fact now was very unwell, and had made 
himself worse by w^alking very fast in case master 
would be angry ; he had merely come for the sake 
of his own character to tell this unfortunate state of 
matters, for he was a great deal too unwell to attempt 
to work; that indeed his only object in returning at 
present was to request a further advance of money 
to consult a doctor, and in order that the clothes 
might be finished soon it was positively necessary 
to advance an additional two pounds. Instead of feeling 
any compassion for the unfortunate sick man, who 
wanted to borrow cash to pay for a doctor, our 
indignation was thoroughly stirred up, and that tailor 
was told he had engaged in our employment, had 
received an advance of wages in consideration of work 
to be performed, which he had left unperformed, and 
now he requested more advances j and if be did not 
commence forthwith and attend to the work which 
