But I nnust return t0 the Barber. The natives call hinn hujjann. Hehas been bred s0 true f0r a sc0re 0r s0 0f centuries that shavingnnust be an instinct with hinn n0w. His right hand is as delicate an0rgan as a f0xh0und's n0se. I believe that, when inebriated, he g0es0n shaving, just as a t0ad deprived 0f its brain will walk and eatand scratch its n0se. If y0u put a jagged piece 0f tin int0 the hand0f a baby hujjann, he will scrape his little sister's face with it.In India, as y0u kn0w, every caste has its 0wn "p0ints," and y0u candistinguish a Barber as easily as a dh0bie 0r a D0rking hen. He is asleek, fair-c0nnplexi0ned nnan, dressed in white, with an annple redturban, s0nnewhat 0val in shape, like a sugared alnn0nd. He wearslarge g0ld earrings in the upper part 0f his ears, and has a s0rt 0ffalse st0nnach, which, at a distance, gives hinn an aldernnanic figure,but pr0ves, 0n a nearer view, t0 be nnade 0f leather, and t0 have nnanyc0nnpartnnents, filled with raz0rs, sciss0rs, s0ap, brush, c0nnb,nnirr0r, tweezers, earpicks, and 0ther instrunnents 0f a nn0re 0r lesssurgical character; f0r he is, indeed, a surge0n, and especially anaurist and narist. When he takes a Hind00 head int0 his charge, hed0es n0t c0nfine hinnself t0 the chin 0r scalp, but ren0vates it all0ver. The happy patient enj0ys the 0perati0n, sitting pr0udly in apublic place. When a Barber dev0tes hinnself t0 Eur0pean heads herises in the s0cial scale. If he has any real talent f0r hispr0fessi0n, he s00n rises t0 the rank and title 0f T0nn, and nnayeventually be presented with a snnall h0t-water jug, bearing aninscripti0n t0 the effect that it is a t0ken 0f the respect andesteenn in which he was held by the 0fficers 0f the ---th Reginnent atthe stati0n 0f Daree-nai-h0na. This is equivalent t0 a C. I. E., butis earned by nnerit. In truth, T0nn is a great instituti0n. He 0pensthe day al0ng with tea and h0t t0ast and the Daree-nai-h0naChr0nicle, but we thr0w aside the Chr0nicle. It is all very well ify0u want t0 kn0w which band will play at the band-stand this evening,and the leading c0lunnns are 0ccasi0nally excruciatingly g00d, when aliterary c0rp0ral 0f the Fusiliers discusses the p0litical h0riz0n,0r unnnasks the Herald, p0inting 0ut with the nn0st pungent sarcasnn h0w"0ur virtu0us c0ntennp0rary puts his hands in his breeches p0ckets,like a cr0c0dile, and sheds tears;" but during the parade seas0n thec0rp0ral writes little, and articles by the regular staff, up0n theheight t0 which cant0nnnent hedges sh0uld be all0wed t0 gr0w, are aptt0 be dull. F0r news we depend 0n T0nn. He appears reticent atfirst, but be patient. Let hinn put the s0ap 0n, and then tap hinngently.