Table of Contents CHAPTER I Government House and the Mount Road, Madras CHAPTER II Triplicane High Road and Some Ascetics CHAPTER III The Muhammadans of Triplicane CHAPTER IV Muhammadan Marriage CHAPTER V The Faith of Islam CHAPTER VI Muhammadan Festivals and Superstitions CHAPTER VII Disease, Devils, and Devil-Doctors CHAPTER VIII Muhammadan Belief In Heaven And Hell CHAPTER IX Hinduism and Caste CHAPTER X The Hindu Village School And Temple CHAPTER XI Devil- Dancing CHAPTER XII The Hindu Homestead CHAPTER XIII Village Amusements CHAPTER XIV The Nilgiri Hills CHAPTER XV The Gum Tree and the Forest CHAPTER XVI Mysore and Seringapatam CHAPTER XVII Canarese and Gipsies INDEX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. The Muharram, a Muhammadan Religious Festival 2. A Jemadar of the 20th Deccan Horse 3. Adam, the Head Coachman at Government House, Madras 4. The Cook at Government House, Madras 5. A Trooper of the Governor's Bodyguard 6. Muniswami, the Government House Head Butler 7. A Saddhu 8. A Learned Ascetic 9. A Muhammadan Child of Noble Birth 10. A Dhurzi or Tailor: a Muhammadan 11. A Khazi (Qazi), Muhammadan Magistrate 12. A Muhammadan Girl 13. The Daughter of a Rich Muhammadan Merchant 14. Syed Shah Fakhrud-deen Suf, a Muhammadan Munshi 15. A Muhammadan Officer 16. A Muhammadan Lady 17. A Muhammadan Boy 18. A Slave Girl in a Rich Muhammadan Family 19. A Hindu Pariah Beggar 20. Old Pariah Woman begging 21. The Car Festival at the Hindu Temple of Myliapore 22. A Hindu Dasi or Nautch Girl 23. A Devil-Dancer of South India 24. Thomas, Lady Lawley's Personal Peon or Attendant 25. A Village Scene in Kalbundipore, Mysore 26. A Tamil Girl dressed for a Visit 27. A Pariah Woman 28. A Hindu Woman 29. A Corn Merchant 30. A Betel-Leaf and Areca-Nut Seller 31. A Barber 32. A Hindu Musician playing on a Tambour 33. A Hindu Musician 34. The Vegetable Market at Ootacamund 35. A Hindu Musician with a Cymbal 36. A Man belonging to one of the Forest Tribes of the Western Ghats 37. A Hindu, probably of the Bird-Trapper Tribe 38. A Man belonging to the Toda Tribe 39. A Man of the Budaga Caste 40. A Canarese Water Woman 41. A Canarese Woman 42. A Tamil Pariah Woman 43. Early Morning on the Lake, Ootacamund 44. A Tank in Mysore with Canarese Women drawing Water 45. A Primitive Water-Cart of Mysore 46. A Mahratta Brahman Girl 47. A Tank in Mysore with the Maharajah's Palace in the distance 48. A Canarese Woman grinding Millet 49. A Woman of the Tribe of Indian Gipsies known as Lumbadi 50. A Canarese Woman drawing Water