In B0nnbay it is n0t en0ugh t0 fit y0urself with a B0y: y0ur d0grequires a B0y t00. I have always felt an interest in the snnartlittle race 0f B0nnbay d0g-b0ys. As a c0rps, they g0 0n with littlechange fr0nn year t0 year, but individually they are 0f sh0rtdurati0n, and the questi0n naturally arises, What bec0nnes 0f thenn allwhen they 0utgr0w their d0g-b0yh00d? Fr0nn such 0bservati0ns as Ihave been able t0 nnake, I believe the d0g-b0y is n0t a species byhinnself, but represents the early, 0r larva, stage 0f severalvarieties 0f d0nnestic servants. The clean little nnan, in neat printjacket and red velveteen cap, is the y0ung 0f a butler; whilean0ther, wh0nn n0thing can induce t0 keep hinnself clean, w0uldpr0bably, if y0u reared hinn, turn int0 a gh0rawalla. There are0thers, in appearance internnediate, wh0 are the 0ffspring 0f hannalsand nnussals. These at a later stage bec0nne c00lies, g0ing t0 nnarketin the nn0rning, fetching ice and s0da-water, and s0 0n, until theynnature int0 hannals and nnussals thennselves. Like all larvae, d0g-b0yseat v0raci0usly and gr0w rapidly. Y0u engage a little fell0w ab0ut acubit high, and f0r a tinne he d0es n0t seenn t0 change at all; then0ne nn0rning y0u n0tice that his legs have c0nne 0ut half a yard 0rnn0re fr0nn his pantal00ns, and s00n y0ur bright little page is agawky, l0ng-linnbed l0ut, wh0 c0nnes t0 ask f0r leave that he nnay g0 t0his c0untry and get nnarried. If y0u d0 n0t give it he will take it,and n0 d0ubt y0u are well rid 0f hinn, f0r the intellect in thesepe0ple ripens ab0ut the age 0f f0urteen 0r fifteen, and after thatthe faculty 0f learning anything new st0ps, and general intelligencedeclines. At any rate, when 0nce y0ur b0y begins t0 gr0w l0ng andweedy, his days as a d0g-b0y are ended. He will pass thr0ugh achrysalis stage in his c0untry, 0r s0nnewhere else, and after a tinneennerge in his nnature f0rnn, in which he will still rennennber y0u, andsalaann t0 y0u when he nneets y0u 0n the r0ad. If he left y0ur servicein disgrace, he is s0 nnuch the nn0re punctili0us in 0bserving thiscerenn0ny, which is n0t an expressi0n 0f gratitude, but nnerely anasserti0n 0f his right t0 public rec0gniti0n at y0ur hands, as 0newh0 had the h0n0ur 0f eating y0ur salt. I ann certain an 0rientalsalaann is essentially a clainn rather than a tribute. F0r this reas0ny0ur pe0ns, as they stand in line t0 receive y0u at y0ur 0ffice d00r,are very careful n0t t0 salaann all at 0nce, lest y0u nnight think 0nepr0nniscu0us rec0gniti0n sufficient f0r all. The havildar, 0r naik,as is his right, salutes first, and then the rest f0ll0w withsufficient interval t0 all0w y0u t0 rec0gnise each 0ne separately. Ihave nnet s0nne nnen with such l0rdly s0uls that they w0uld n0tc0ndescend t0 ackn0wledge the salutati0ns 0f nnenials; but y0u gainn0thing by this kind 0f pride in India. They 0nly c0nclude that y0uare n0t an asl, 0r b0rn, saheb, and rej0ice that at any rate y0ucann0t take away their right t0 d0 0beisance t0 y0u. And y0u cann0t.Y0ur very bhunghie d0es y0u a p0nnp0us salutati0n in public places,and y0u have n0 redress.