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 29 A gram-grinder, generally a woman who grinds the chanā for the horses                                       2

30 A coachman                                                    10

38 Eight sā'īses, or (grooms), at five rupees each, for eight horses                                                 40

46 Eight grass-cutters, at three rupees each, for the above      24

47 A bihishti, or water-carrier                                   5

48 A mate bihishti                                                4

49 A Barha'ī mistree, a carpenter                              8

50 Another carpenter                                              7

52 Two coolies, to throw water on the tattīs                   4

54 Two chaukīdārs, or watchmen                              8

55 A durwān, or gate-keeper                                    4

57 Two chaprāsīs, or running footmen, to carry notes, and be in attendance in the verandah                         10 —                                                              —- 57 total. Rupees per month 290 —                                                              —-                                       or about 290l. per annum.

During the hot winds, a number of extra coolies, twelve or fourteen, are necessary, if you have more than one thermantidote, or if you keep it going all night as well as during the day; these men, as well as an extra bihishti, are discharged when the rains set in.

We, as quiet people, find these servants necessary. Some gentlemen for state add an assa burdar, the bearer of a long silver staff; and a sonta burdar, or chob-dar, who carries a silver club, with a grim head on the top of it. The business of these people is to announce the arrival of company.

If many dogs are kept, an extra doriya will be required.

The above is a list of our own domestics, and the rate of their wages.

The heat of the climate, added to the customs and prejudices of the natives, oblige you to keep a number of servants; but you do not find them in food as in England. One man will not