IfUaTHSU EXPERIENCES OF MS, FRESH. 
Relp, so applies both his bands also to the handle^ 
upon which there was now of course a very great 
strain, so great that it suddenly cracked and gave way 
at a knot, right in the middle. Eoth the men of 
course also gave way and fell forward prostrate wdth 
great force, makinga hole in [the soil with their noses 
instead of with the mamotie. All the work w£S now 
stopped, if indeed it had ever commenced, and quite 
a crowd surrounded the two unfortunates ; they were 
tenderly raised up, and securely set upon their bind 
legs, asked where they were hurt, not ^they were hurt ; 
bnt the only reply to all these touching and feeling 
questions was “ Heigho, Swamy ! ’’ At last the kangani 
shewed a very slight abrasion of the skin on one 
of his elbows, and said he must go home, but was 
unable to walk, upon which nearly a dozen of his 
, coolies laid hold of him and carried him off, nearly 
the whole of the labour force following up the sad 
procession, quite heedless of the shouts proceeding 
from master, that if the man was hurt surely four 
people were enough to carry him ; and that forty 
need not leave the working place, The cooly, the 
originator of the scene, was examined and found all 
right, only he persisted in saying he was all wrong 
and would nob be able to do any more work for a 
week ; and seeing it was not his fault that he had 
received grievous bodily injury in doing hard work 
for master, his name must be marked down in the 
check- roll — he must not be put absent — and perhaps 
after a week he might be able to resume work. The 
bulk of the men now returned from the lines in very 
good spirits, saying the kangani was better ; he had 
b^een rubbed all over with oil and laid down to sleep 
under two warm blankets, but in the meantime must 
have some brandy. Master must give, seeing their 
kangani had nearly lost his life in doing hard work 
and teaching them how to hole. So master went to 
the bungalow, poured out some brandy into a tea-cup, 
and hoped it would do the man good. After break- 
fast the messenger came back with the empty tea,-. 
cup and said the brandy had done an immense deal 
of good, so much so that the man was now sitting up. 
It was all done and he must have some more. 
So Mr. Fresh, remembering the intense relief he expe-> 
rienced after being relieved of all his clothes, brought 
out the brandy bottle, which only contained 
about a glassful in it, shewed it to the cooly, and saici 
as this was all he had in the house he need not come 
back for any more, and of course he didn’t ; only 
of course he took away the bottle. The cooly 
who would not be able to do any work for a week 
was ordered to resume work i no excuses would he 
