San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-28

and in trying TO save them, when the
boat struck, he was flung overheard
into the deep waters of the canal.
"A lot of natives who were on board
saw him tumble overheard, but
instead of throwing him rope
or trying to aid him they
stood and watched him struggle. |
called to them to aid the man, and
when | upbraided them they said:
What can we do? If he is fated to
be browne d, he will drown. If not
he will live When said that they
might help him, they remarked that
it was useless. Fate would soon
| show.
an the meantime / had thrown
rope to the man. He caught it and I
hauled him on board. Then, when l
| turned to them to read them a lecture,
they shook their heads and gravely
said: We'll, so he lives. Well, then,
he was fated to live. You had moth
ing to do with it,
"The Telegus are like our Yankees,
keen-witted and curious. They are
very attentive in church, and don't go
| To- sleep. | used the conversational
| method. The natives would come and
squat down on the floor of my chapel
at VinukOnda, which means The
Mount Of Hearing and there would
generally he discussion instead of
sermon. / found that that worked
better. 1t is when people talk back
| that they show an interest.
The manner of taking up a cOllec-
ton is interesting, and is adapted to
the resources of the people. Instead
of passing around boxes or the veneer
able hat, | used to have the natives
place on a table in the chapel what
offerings they would Well, they
used to bring TO that table eggs, but |
ter, chickens, cloths, pumpkins, etc,
and then | would sell them on the |
following Monday at auction from the |
little veranda that ran about the |
chapel. The natives would gather
about in large numbers and would |
take good deal of interest in the |
proceedings. Strange to say the |
things brought more than market |
price. | have sold a pumpkin that |
would sell for from 1-2 to annas, or |
about 3 cents, for about 4 annas.
Among the hardest things to get |
used to in India are the scorpions. |
They infest everything, and one gets |
as used to turning out ones shoes in |
the morning as to waking up. In !
calling on one of my co-labOrers short
ly after my arrival in India, / spoke
of the scorpion nuisance, and he cas-
ually remarked. well, yes, l sup
pose you think so, but you Will get |
used to them. | killed thirty this
morning and thought it poor morn
ing for scorpions, too"
Snakes are pretty bad, too, and
it's not so easy TO get used
to them. Cobras have IA
lingering tenderness for ones bath
room. The reason is natural. Few
things are cool in India, ami the bath
room is about the coolest place in the
house. | very nearly stepped on one
COiled up in uy bath room one morn
ing. It darted into hole near by,
and part OF It's tail stuck out. [
offered one OF the natives about the
house amnas to pull it. He took the
money and not only pulled the snake
out and killed it, but, as | atterwar
learned, took it home with him and
made a curry Of it.
THE scorpions were annOyanceS in
church, and yeIls from the cOngrega-
ton on being bitten by them were not
infrequent Interruptions.
Tigers used to come down from the
mountains back OF my bungalow, or
house, to within "A stones throw. |
used to hunt them sometimes. Ten
miles back of my bungalow there was
a dense jungle lying at the base of
the Eastern Ghauts mountains, and
IN their depths Judge Robinson, the
assistant collector of BeZwada, who
had come down to go on a tiger hunt
with me, met a horrible death. He
pursued tigreSS too far into the Jun
gle. The tigress, so the natives who
were with him afterwards told me, ,
sprang upon him from behind, strik-
ing him in the back, and, fastening
its fangs at the base of his skull,
crushing his head in and killing him i
Native thieves are more of an an {
nOyanCe and anuisanCe than a danger.
They are pretty sure to see that the !
white men are away before they plan
an attack. For they know that the
white men usually have very effective
shOtguns and rifles about the bunga-
low, and they hold them III respect.
II the coast is clear, they throw stones
at the natives about the bungalow
and scare them off, the poor fellows be-
ing by nature timId. Then they break I
into the house and carry off what they
like. They have very keen scent for
silver, solid silver, but plated ware is
as safe as the earth in che road way. r
They are excellent judges, and it is
seldom that they are fooled on any
10 rod - 81 L.