_Inamdar_, 74; his house, 78 Insects, 188 Inspector, police, 215 Institute, Indian at Oxford, 45 Irrigation, 330 _Itte-dhandu_, boys' game, 135 Jackals, 173 Jacob, Sir Swinton, 61 _Jain_, sect, 342 Jerome, the story of a Brahmin boy, 115 Jewellery, native, 62 Jeypore, museum at, 61 Kala, village of, 171 Kathiawar, 175 Khandala, 320 Kim's talk, 143 King, H.M. the, 153, 162 Kipling, Rudyard, 143, 175 Kite, bird, 187 Kites, 133 _Krait_, snake, 310 Labour, employers of, 24; dignity of, 129 Land, buying, 263 Landmark, neighbour's, 253 Language, 306 Law-courts, 119, 212 "Lawrence," the, school, 162 Lights, incandescent, 139, 272 Lion, 175 Litigation, 224 Locusts, 183 Low castes, 85, 278 Magisterial inquiry, 67 _Mahars_, low-caste, 70, 71, 214; boys, 72 Mantis, 195 Manure, 329; farmers and, 331 Map, 222 Marbles, 131 Marriage, 151; of widows, 206, 209 Meals, 55, 107, 207, 236; English and Indian, 107, 109, 238 Medicine-men, 315 Middleton, Bp., 291 Military display, 153, 154 Mills, grinding, 98, 105 Mineral waters, 139 Misconceptions about India, 1, 272, 273, 288 Mission work, 89; heads of, 94, 96 Mohammedans, 302; ascetics, 196; conception of heaven, 303; egg-merchant, 198, 200; and marriage, 302, 304; merchants, 303; saints, 75 Money, 225 Mongoose, 178 Monkeys, 177 Monsoon, 273-5 Moral maxims, 166; instruction, 286 Mosquitoes, 193; net for, 193 Mother, respect for, 13, 16; Swithun's, 15 Mother-in-law, 210, 211 Motor cars, 80, 181; bullocks and, 326 Music, 81, 98, 100, 101; Sir G. Clarke on, 103, 104 Musical instruments, 101 Naidu, Mrs Sarojini, 111; her portrait, 115 National characteristics, 141 Nature, illustrations from, 164; Indian view of, 17; the world of, 182 _Nautch_, dance, 76, 79 Neatness, lack of, 90, 91 Night, alarms, 309, 313; thieves, 251; travelling by, 99; watchmen, 312 Obedience, Indian, 25 Obstinacy, 159 Oman, Mr. J. C., 166 Pageants, 151 Painting, mural, 64 Palaces, 60 Palanquin bearers, 100 _Panchayat_, committee of five, 66; Christian, 68 _Pan supari_, leaf and betel nut, 75, 80; party, 76 Panther, 172 Paper, daily, 300; vernacular, 301 Parsees, 48, 65, 125, 186, 271 _Patel_, headman, 71, 213, 214, 316; his gift, 264 Patience, 92 Payments, how made, 26 Persian visitors, 126 Philosophy, Hindu, 111 Pictures, from England, 63; by Indian artists, 63 Pigs, wild, 178 Plague Refuge Camp, 281 Pleaders, 225 Plural, use of, 306 Poetry, 112 Police, 213; umbrellas for, 279 Political unrest, 131, 280 Poona City, 77, 164, 281; ancient houses in, 60, 61; modern houses in, 60, 61, 257 Post, cards, 34; offices, 33; postman, 38; post-runners, 32 Postal privileges, 36; service, 32; train-sorters, 35 Potatoes, 335 Potter, 271 Poverty, 54, 108, 225 Prayer, Hindu, 30, 121 Prayer Book valued, 144 Printing, 149 Processions, 151; funeral, 152; religious, 154