expekie:n’ces of mr. st^v^ee; 
lier wrists made the basket perform a circular motion^, 
which caused any stones or giat to collect all on 
one side j these she picked out with her fingers and> 
threw away. She was so intent on her work, that 
she did not see master coming (?) until, he stopped 
and stood looking at this first-rate rice-sifting, 
machine ! When she became aware that he was 
looking at her, she attempted to conceal herself be- 
hind the verandah post, but, as she was of. much, 
greater circumference than the post, it only concealed! 
her forehead, nose, mouth, and chin, so that her 
bright eyes twinkled upon master from each side* 
of the post, and perhaps, only perhaps,, for we don“t 
know, he began to feel his heart tingle ! In order, 
to dispel this natural but not very dignified feeling,, 
he ventures on a bit of ‘kjhaffi’ andsays,, “Minatchi,. 
I will be out all forenoon, and I suppose you will 
be going up to the kitchen to pound rice j you and 
Rengan seem” — here Minatchi made some mysterious 
signs and pointed with her finger to a door opposite,, 
made of jungle twigs and leaves, but master did not 
seem to understand and rattled out some more jokes 
about Rengan, As he passed on the mysterious door 
now slowly moved to one side, and a head, with a 
great thick, black beard, peers out^ Seeing master 
was gone, the bead and body emerges and a long 
stick is in one of the hands | this is Minatchi’s 
kangani, who had taken the usual liberty when master 
was away from the working place, and had come in. 
to eat rice. Of course he had heard every word that 
had been said. ^^Minatchi,” says he, ‘ Vhen I brought 
you from your home, your parents requested me to 
take a fatherly charge of you, and I have caught 
you in the very act, not only of allowing master to. 
speak to you, but even of looking at him, and there: 
is nothing for it but to assume- my authority.” He 
then caught hold of her by the hair, and applied 
bis stick most vigorously on her bare shoulders. The 
woman screamed out so loud, that the sound very 
plainly reached master’s ears, who had not gone far, 
and returns to see what is the matter, and of course 
sees the flagellation. Kow, that master was always 
the friend of the oppressed, and when he saw this, 
dastardly conduct, his wrath overcame his discretion j. 
with a bound he had the man by the throat, with, 
his other hand seized the stick, which he applied 
with great force on the back of the kangani, who now 
in his turn began to yeUouti and it is a very curious 
fact,, when a kangani is hurt or cries out how very, 
soon a crowd of coolies, collect around him. Master 
and kangani were surrounded by coolies looking very 
fierce and all talking at once ; so that, finding he was 
m rather a. critical position, he endeavoured ta ex?- 
