Roughing it in southern India / by Mrs. M. A. Handley.

Abstract

Jugglers-Initiates-Hypnotism-Telepathy-Indian impressions,. 286 Index, 297 ROUGHING IT IN SOUTHERN INDIA for breakfast ; who sits before a flat, hollowed stone with another-a round one-in her hands, grinding the freshmint chutneys, and the curry powders and paste. What can she not put into them ? unless, as is very likely the case, she is grinding her own at the same time and requires ingredients for them also. From the least to the greatest, every one is at the mercy of the tunny-ketch. Such work as she does is infra dig. for a man ; the cook would scorn it. Yet, let a master be in difficulties, say he is an ill-paid bachelor, or a man trying to send home money to wife and children, living as best he can, managing on a tenth of his pay with one servant, and everything will be done for him ; his curry will be spicy, his rice white, with never a stone in it ; he knows not how, he does not ask. The truth is these people are contradictions, but they win respect, in some cases even love. Not all, however. One morning when we were staying at a friend's house the tea was very nasty, with what is called ' couch ' about it, that is a twang, half-taste, half-smell ; it was sent away that fresh might be made, but that proved just as bad, quite unaccountably. The next minute some commotion was heard, and the tunny-ketch came running from the back regions, holding her hands behind her, and crying out that she had been burnt by ' chinna putti Cyril Doray ' (little

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