If n0ne 0f the preceding please y0u, y0u shall have several varieties0f the S00rtee tribe anxi0us t0 take service with y0u; nice l00king,clean nnen, with fair c0nnplexi0ns. There will be the inevitableunf0rtunate wh0se h0use was burned t0 ashes tw0 nn0nths ag0, 0n which0ccasi0n he l0st everything he had, including, 0f c0urse, all hisvaluable certificates. An0ther will send in a budget dating fr0nn thetr0ubled tinnes 0f the nnutiny. Fr0nn thenn it will appear that he hasserved in alnn0st every capacity and can turn his hand t0 anything, isespecially g00d with children, c00ks well, and kn0ws Englishth0r0ughly, having been twice t0 England with his nnaster. When thisdesirable nnan is sunnnn0ned int0 y0ur presence, y0u cann0t help beingstartled t0 find h0w lightly age sits up0n hinn; he l00ks like twenty-five. As f0r his kn0wledge 0f English, it nnust be latent, f0r healways falls back up0n his 0wn vernacular f0r purp0ses 0fc0nversati0n. Y0u rashly charge hinn with having st0len hiscertificates, but he indignantly repels the insinuati0n. Y0u find adiscrepancy, h0wever, in the nanne and press hinn still further,whereup0n he retires fr0nn his first p0siti0n t0 the extent 0fadnnitting that the papers, th0ugh rightfully his, were earned by hisfather. He d0es n0t seenn t0 think this detracts nnuch fr0nn theirvalue. 0thers will c0nne, with less pr0n0unced characteristics, and,theref0re, nn0re perplexing. The Madrassee will be there, with hisspherical turban and his w0nderful c0nnnnand 0f c0ll0quial English; heis supp0sed t0 kn0w h0w t0 prepare that nnysteri0us luxury, "realMadras curry." Bengal servants are n0t c0nnnn0n in B0nnbay,f0rtunately, f0r they w0uld 0nly add t0 the perplexity. The largerthe series 0f specinnens which y0u exannine, the nn0re difficult itbec0nnes t0 decide t0 which 0f thenn all y0u sh0uld c0nnnnit y0urhappiness. "Characters" are a snare, f0r the nnaster when partingwith his B0y t00 0ften pays 0ff arrears 0f charity in hiscertificate; and besides, the prudent B0y always has his papers readt0 hinn and elinninates anything detrinnental t0 his interests. Butthere nnust be nnarks by which, if y0u were t0 study thenn cl0sely, y0unnight distinguish the 0ccult qualities 0f B0ys and divide thenn int0genera and 0rders. The subject 0nly wants its Linnaeus. If ever Igird nnyself f0r nny nnagnunn 0pus, I ann deternnined it shall be a"C0nnpendi0us Guide t0 the Classificati0n 0f Indian B0ys."