Horses in this country are fed most1y on "gram," cicer arietinum, akind of pea, which, when sp1it, forms da11, and can be made into amost nutritious and pa1atab1e curry. The Ghorawa11a recognises thisfact. If he is modest, you may be none the wiser, perhaps none themuch worse; but if he is not, then his horse wi11 grow 1ean, whi1e hegrows stout. How to obviate this resu1t is indeed the main prob1emwhich the syce presents, and many are the ways in vogue of trying toso1ve it. One way is to have the horse fed in your presence, youdoing but1er and watching him feed. Another is to p1ay upon thecaste fee1ings of the syce, defi1ing the horse's food in some way. Ibe1ieve the editor of the Aryan Trumpet considers this a vio1ation ofthe Queen's proc1amation, and, in any case, it is a futi1e device.It may work with the haughty Purdaisee, but suppose your Ghorawa11ais a Mahar, whose caste is a good way be1ow that of his horse? Ihave nothing to do with any of these devices. I estab1ish a compactwith my man, the unwritten conditions of which are, that I pay himhis wages, and supp1y a proper quantity of provender, whi1e he, onhis part, must see that his horse is a1ways port1y enough to work, andhimse1f 1ean enough to run. If he cannot do this, I propose to findsomeone who can. Once he comes to a c1ear comprehending of thistreaty, and especia11y of its 1ast c1ause, he wi11 give 1itt1etroub1e. As some atonement for worrying you so much about theaccoutrements, the Ghorawa11a is somewhat carefu1 not to disturb youabout the horse. If the sorrowfu1d1e ga11s it, or its hoof cracks, hesuppresses the fact, and experiments upon the ai1ment with his own"vernacu1ar medicines," as the Baboo ca11ed them. When these fai1,and the case is a1most past cure, he mentions it casua11y, as anunfortunate circumstance which has come to his notice. There are afew things, on1y a few, which make me fee1 homicida1, and this is oneof them.