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cause love is not cultivated; it is a foreign fashion. There are no courtships or engagements. Marriages are arranged by the parents & are more or less commercial transactions. I suppose these old women have something to talk about, for where is the fem. mind that [[dost.]], but the range of gossip must be limited. - This time of year the children are generally naked or practically so. They are usually fat and dirty. A bath wd give them a shock beyond endurance. A bar of soap wd. be an inscrutable mystery. While I can't say much for them, I am not disposed to say anything against them. The innocence & helplessness of childhood disarms criticism. - The streets abound in dogs - mean dirty wolfish dogs. As you enter upon a street you see them sleeping in [[ | cause love is not cultivated; it is a foreign fashion. There are no courtships or engagements. Marriages are arranged by the parents & are more or less commercial transactions. I suppose these old women have something to talk about, for where is the fem. mind that [[dost.]], but the range of gossip must be limited. - This time of year the children are generally naked or practically so. They are usually fat and dirty. A bath wd give them a shock beyond endurance. A bar of soap wd. be an inscrutable mystery. While I can't say much for them, I am not disposed to say anything against them. The innocence & helplessness of childhood disarms criticism. - The streets abound in dogs - mean dirty wolfish dogs. As you enter upon a street you see them sleeping in [[unclear]] dust on every hand. The sight, the scent of a foreigner disturbs. They seem sharply to discriminate bet. natives & for. They growl & bark & bow their backs like angry cats. They are cowards. The sight of a stick makes them slink into their compounds. After the traveller passes by, they come out and abuse him w all the vile epithets known to the canine language. I don't always know what they say, but I have a fairly good idea of what they mean. Some day I am going to write an extended article on these native dogs. I am gathering the data now: it is largely composed of lurid adjectives. - Then there are the hogs. In appearance they look like demons just escaped from the lower world. They are black, long haired, [bowed?]] back, long tailed creatures w. such long snouts that they suggest kinship with the crocodile family. The razor-backs of the southern states at home are high-bred creatures compared with these. Looking at them I can well understand how certain religionists refrain from eating pork. I have no such compunction about a fat roly-poly Chester-white, but from these creatures may I ever be protected. They have one characteristic wh I like. They pay | ||
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cause love is not cultivated; it is a foreign fashion. There are no courtships or engagements. Marriages are arranged by the parents & are more or less commercial transactions. I suppose these old women have something to talk about, for where is the fem. mind that dost., but the range of gossip must be limited. - This time of year the children are generally naked or practically so. They are usually fat and dirty. A bath wd give them a shock beyond endurance. A bar of soap wd. be an inscrutable mystery. While I can't say much for them, I am not disposed to say anything against them. The innocence & helplessness of childhood disarms criticism. - The streets abound in dogs - mean dirty wolfish dogs. As you enter upon a street you see them sleeping in unclear dust on every hand. The sight, the scent of a foreigner disturbs. They seem sharply to discriminate bet. natives & for. They growl & bark & bow their backs like angry cats. They are cowards. The sight of a stick makes them slink into their compounds. After the traveller passes by, they come out and abuse him w all the vile epithets known to the canine language. I don't always know what they say, but I have a fairly good idea of what they mean. Some day I am going to write an extended article on these native dogs. I am gathering the data now: it is largely composed of lurid adjectives. - Then there are the hogs. In appearance they look like demons just escaped from the lower world. They are black, long haired, [bowed?]] back, long tailed creatures w. such long snouts that they suggest kinship with the crocodile family. The razor-backs of the southern states at home are high-bred creatures compared with these. Looking at them I can well understand how certain religionists refrain from eating pork. I have no such compunction about a fat roly-poly Chester-white, but from these creatures may I ever be protected. They have one characteristic wh I like. They pay