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21 exercise, walking, riding, playing, hunting, or shooting. You may be out doing one of these till 9 o'clock or so. Then take your bath, pray to God, or worship your family God if there is one in the house, and take your breakfast. After breakfast and before noon, attend to your urgent work, open your letter bag, receive visitors and spend your time in the company of Pandits, your relatives and friends. It is always a very good thing to spend some time with learned Pandits. Even when they speak on common topics, they give them a religious and moral turn.

Then retire for a while. Though Europeans object much to sleeping in the day-time, yet I think that a short nap for an hour or so does not do any harm in this country. If you do not like to sleep in the day, spend that time in the company of the members of your family. After your short retirement, attend to your office