Page:The History of Little Henry and His Bearer (1815).pdf/24

 natives spoke. He used to sit in the verandah, between his bearer's knees, and chew paun, and eat bazar sweetmeats. He wore no shoes or stockings; but was dressed in pangammahs and had silver bangles on his ancles. No one could have told by his behaviour or manner of speaking that he was not a native, but his pretty light hair and blue eyes at once shewed his parentage.