Indian Dust DevilsHobbs, 1937 - 138 pages |
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Page 9
... Europeans , married in the country and more or less prisoners at large for the rest of their lives , tried the spider and fly touch on a few of us . They pitched a tale about Eurasian girls with an income of several hundreds a month who ...
... Europeans , married in the country and more or less prisoners at large for the rest of their lives , tried the spider and fly touch on a few of us . They pitched a tale about Eurasian girls with an income of several hundreds a month who ...
Page 11
... European quarter one house occupied more space than two do to - day . The rooms were larger , verandahs certainly three times the size of those in modern buildings and there was an air of grandeur which must have been a great asset to ...
... European quarter one house occupied more space than two do to - day . The rooms were larger , verandahs certainly three times the size of those in modern buildings and there was an air of grandeur which must have been a great asset to ...
Page 66
... European " splits " on his pals . The Indian doesn't to the same extent . Perhaps there cannot be pride of race without snob- bery , and that consciously or unconsciously pervades all Europeans in the East until they grow old enough to ...
... European " splits " on his pals . The Indian doesn't to the same extent . Perhaps there cannot be pride of race without snob- bery , and that consciously or unconsciously pervades all Europeans in the East until they grow old enough to ...
Contents
PUSH OFF A BIT BEHIND SCRATCH | 4 |
OUR GRIEF CHAMPION | 16 |
THE BOOK OF THE WORLD | 31 |
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