Transcribed from the 1897 W. Thacker & Co. by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Book cover] [Picture: Frontispiece, “Behind the Bungalow”] BEHIND THE BUNGALOW BY EHA AUTHOR OF “THE TRIBES ON MY FRONTIER” “A NATURALIST ON THE PROWL” * * * * * Illustrated by F. C. MACRAE * * * * * * * * * * SIXTH EDITION * * * * * * * * * * LONDON W. THACKER & CO., 2, CREED LANE, E.C. CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK & CO. 1897 [_All rights reserved_] PREFACE. THESE papers appeared in the _Times of India_, and were written, of course, for the Bombay Presidency; but the Indian _Nowker_ exhibits very much the same traits wherever he is found and under whatsoever name. ENGAGING A BOY. [Picture: Pictures of various Indian men] EXTENDED, six feet of me, over an ample easy-chair, in absolute repose of mind and body, soothed with a cup of tea which Canjee had ministered to me, comforted by the slippers which he had put on my feet in place of a heavy pair of boots which he had unlaced and taken away, feeling in charity with all mankind—from this standpoint I began to contemplate “The Boy.”