further experiences 'OP MR. STALH, 
i pieces to pick up. Why, ” says master, I don’t want 
large loads of charcoal ; take a small bag, and you 
need not -go fifty yards from the bungalow, for I ’m sure 
if there is abundance of anything on the estate, to be 
had for the picking up, it is charcoal ; be off with you.” 
But the boy did not “be off” : he put his hands 
behind his back, drew himself up, in a very dignified 
tv^ay, and said, he was master’s servant, he was 
not engaged to do noolie work, and as for carrying 
anything whatever, he would not do it, only coolies 
carried anything, and if master thought he was going 
to do coolie work, he would not, he was going to 
leave. Having delivered himself of this speech, he 
turned sharply round, and retired into the cook-house, 
where he told the kitchen coolie that he was going 
away to-morrow, he could not remain with such a very 
bad and unreasonable master. A short time after, the 
kitchen-coolie comes very quietly round the corner of 
■the verandah, and stands a little in front of Mr. Stale, 
twisting his fingers, and rubbing his toes against each 
« other. There he stood, looking fixedly at master, but 
never spoke. On being urgently requested to state his 
business, and not stand staring there, instead of com- 
plying with this request, he told master, or rather 
said, what master knew very well, “ Appayfi 
^poradit^^ (servant is going away). “Is that all 
,you have to say?” replies master, “the informa- 
tion to quite unnecessary, I know that quite well. ” 
But the coolie has as yet only given vent to his 
pi’eface, and after a great many contortions of his 
fingers blurts out, that the “ appaya ” owes him 
fforty rupees, and master please stop that amount, 
when he pays him- Just at this juncture, two kanganis 
-step into the verandah, and in a very excited man- 
ner ask if it is true the boy is going away. On being 
told that such was the case, the one says, “ He owes 
me thirty rupees,” and the other in the same way stated, 
he also owed him twenty. While they were yet speaking, 
a number of coolies came running up, all making eager 
inquiry if the boy was leaving, as he owed them all, 
separately, various small sums ranging from four to 
ten rupees, and would master please stop all this out 
of his pay. Mr. Stale told them it was quite im- 
possible, for really he had very little to receive, as 
he was always getting advances, but he would look 
and see, which he did, and told them that in event 
of the boy going away to-morrow, which he had 
^given notice to do, the balance of pay due him after 
deducting all his advances, would be only about fifteen 
(shillings. The disappointed creditors gazed upon each 
other in astonishment, and blank dismay, then they 
'Gommenced to whisper amongst themselves, after which 
