FURTHEB experiekces of mb, stale. 
of our planters lead in small districts where idle talk 
and tattle is somerimes too prevalent, not so much from 
^.ny ill feeling, as just m^i’ely for the sake of something 
to talk about. If they would just amongst themselves 
put in practice, what duubtless they often tell their 
QOolieB NalaJcuva^ sleep over it. We had once an es^ 
teemed superintendent, under our own personal super-? 
vision, from whom we learned this hint. We used 
to be always (as periya durai) pestered and tormented 
with all sorts of silly complaints from the coolies, 
requiring, in their own estitnation, urgent and imme- 
diate settlement. We could never properly settle any- 
thing, even after taking great trouble, and just for 
this reason, that when the people came, on the spur 
of the moment, under great e?:citement, we at once 
entered inte their case, and aitempted unsuccessfully 
to reason with people who were absurdly unreasonable. 
Quite in desperation. Not knowing what to do, and 
just merely to get rid of the pests, we would say 
-‘Go to the sinna durai % he has orders from us to 
settle all your disputes,” until, at last it struck us as 
some what strange that the complaints always were 
settled in a very short time, when we, after a very 
long time, could pot do so, so one afternoon, w^e 
popped into our young friend’s varandah, just as 
several kanganis entered with some important com- 
plaints for “ master to settle.” Our friend patiently 
listened to all their stories and complaints, seemed 
very much interested, passed a few brief remarks, got 
hold of a pen and some writing paper, pretended to 
be very busy, andsajd, ^^Nalahu va” The complainants 
seemed pleased, their complaint was attended to, iU 
would receive consideration, it must be of some i m 
portance, master required time to consider. How 
very unlike the periya duxai, who generally got angry 
and ordered them off, as a pack of fools, so, in- 
stead of lounging about with sour and angry coun- 
tenauce, or walking slowly away, as if they were 
meditating some deep scheme of vengeance against 
their adversary, they walked briskly away, in very 
good humour, ‘Well,” we say, “ you have got a tem- 
porary riddance, bur. what are you going to do, 
when they ‘come back to-morrow?’ Will you beany 
better able to settle it then, than you are now?” 
-‘Oh,” says he, “is most likely they will cool over it, 
settle it amongst themselves, or perhaps even forget 
^11 aboiitit.” “But,” we further ask, “you are not cer<» 
tain of this result, suppose they do come and remind you 
of this rash request, ‘come to-morrow.’” He replied, 
“Just pay a little attention to them again, and give 
them another put off, they will get tired of always 
‘corning to-morrow,’ In fact,” he continued, “some^. 
fimqs when I really was h^sy, and really desired ta 
