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BOMBAY BEGGARS AND CRIERS.
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further:-"Sorkhanshira, Badai and Kishlek, be free. The booty you obtain and the beasts you capture in predatory raids, keep for your selves alone."
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To Naia he said, "When you and your father took Tarkhutai Kiriltuk, you said, How shall we, treacherous to our own master, seize him." You immediately gave him his liberty and became my subjects. For this act I then said I would sometime reward you. Boorchu is made temnik of the right hand, Mukhali temnik of the left, you be temnik of the centre.❝0
To Jebe and Subeidai he said, "Rule the people collected by you as commanders of thousands." He also ordered Dirgai to collect the homeless and to become their commander. When the various appointments had been made, it was found that Guchugur had very few people
SUGAR-CANE HAWKERS.
These are Muhammadans and Marathas or Hindus; their time of hawking is at night, from 7 P. M. to 12 or 2 in the morning. They cry "Ganderi, guláb gandheri," "sugar cane, sweet as roses"; this they sell by weight at one anna a seer. They buy the bundles of sugarcane from vakhárs. During the day they scrape the canes with large knives, and cut them into pieces, about an inch long, with scissors made for the purpose. From each cane they make about twenty pieces. The knots and ends, called gáthi, are sold to cattle-keepers. The pieces are then soaked in water to make them appear fresh and weigh heavier. They are then placed in a wooden tray, on which a plantain leaf is spread, and are covered with a thick cloth soaked in water, to keep them in good condition. To the tray is attached a small earthen lamp, to afford light. These people sell from 10 to 15 seers a night, and are much patronized by the lower orders of people. The business is carried on all the year round, but during the rains the demand is not great, as
BOMBAY BEGGARS AND CRIERS. BY K. RAGHUNATHJI. (Continued from p. 47.)
sei. e. do not bring them into hotch-potch as was the usual Mongol fashion.
do Palladius says the command of the centre was inferior in dignity to those of the two wings, thus accounting for Naia's reward, which otherwise seems excessive when measured by his services.
under him. Chinghiz ordered each of the chiefs to give up a few of his men and then appointed him and Mulkhalkhu commanders."1
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This long story from the Yuan-chao-pi-shi can only be supplemented in a slight degree from other sources. Douglas has translated a passage in his life of Chinghiz Khân which is probably derived from the She-wei, in which he tells us that Muhule" and Purshus were created princes of the right hand and left by Chinghiz, who said to them, "It is to you that I owe my empire. You are and have been to me as the shafts of a carriage or the arms to a man's body. I pray that you may never falter in your attachment to me." In the Yuan-shi-lei-pen we also read that after Chinghiz had proclaimed himself emperor he declared Mu-holi and Porchu his two principal generals and first ministers."5
then the streets are deserted. In the warm months they have a good business, because people who stay out late are tempted to buy it to refresh themselves.
VEGETABLE HAWKERS.
These are chiefly Hindûs, and their cry is "Ghé mirchid, kothimbri, bháji," meaning chillies, coriander, shrub, and vegetables of sorts. They go about the town from early morning till 11 A. M., and again from 4 to 5 P. M. After this, if any vegetables are left which are not likely to remain fresh till next morning, they squat by the wayside or on a veranda near a bazâr, and do their best to dispose of them, and then return home. These people leave their houses as early as 4 A. M., and go to Bhâikala1 where people from the oarts and from Mahim, Warli, Vândrê, and the country, bring vegetables of all sorts for sale. From them the petty hawkers purchase their stock, bargaining so as to allow of some gain. This bazar, which is now held near the Victoria Gardens, was formerly held near the Bhâikalâ Bridge: it is over by 6 A. M.
1 Op. cit., pp. 124 and 125. 63 i. e. Mukhali.
63. e. Boorchu.
Douglas, pp. 55 and 56. es Gaubil, p. 12.
1 Bhaikala, derived from bhai, brother, kal tomorrow; & come, or 'brother come or meet me tomorrow."
