XXXIII. EAST AND WEST TRAVELLING 228 XXXIV. CUSTOMS OF EAST AND WEST 234 XXXV. SERVANTS IN INDIA 241 XXXVI. THE EDUCATED HINDU 247 XXXVII. UNFINISHED PLANS IN INDIA 256 XXXVIII. GIFTS IN INDIA 263 XXXIX. PROVERBIAL SAYINGS ABOUT INDIA 270 XL. INDIAN UNREST 278 XLI. THE ENGLISH IN INDIA 288 XLII. DISHONESTY IN INDIA 295 XLIII. INDIAN MOHAMMEDANS 302 XLIV. NIGHT ALARMS IN INDIA 309 XLV. THE INDIAN WASHERMAN 317 XLVI. AGRICULTURE IN INDIA 328 XLVII. EAST AND WEST ON BOARD SHIP 337 INDEX 347 * * * * * LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FELIX TIPNIS _Frontispiece_ SWITHUN'S NEW HOME IN THE VILLAGE _To face page 16_ YERANDAWANA CHURCH FROM A DISTANCE " 20 THE INDIAN VILLAGE POSTMAN " 38 NARAYEN KHILARI, A FARMER'S SON " 42 THE KINDLY HINDU NEIGHBOUR AND HIS FAMILY " 48 A MODERN HOUSE IN POONA CITY " 60 MRS SALOME ZADHAW " 66 RAGU, THE NIGHT-WATCHMAN " 72 THE YERANDAWANA VILLAGE WRESTLERS " 138 NIRARI BHOSLE, THE MISCHIEVOUS VILLAGE BOY " 168 MILKING THE BUFFALO " 180 DOWD PHERIDE, THE EGG-MERCHANT'S SON " 198 SARLA KALU, THE YERANDAWANA WIDOW " 206 THE INDIAN BUTLER " 242 THE CEMETERY CROSS " 268 * * * * * INDIA AND THE INDIANS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY Misconceptions about India. Hinduism. An "infernal religion." Hindu mythology. Ascetics. Translations of Hindu sacred books. Modern and ancient ways of teaching Christianity. Danger of the incorporation of a false Christ into Hinduism. Hindu India as it really is. Definitions of "What is Hinduism?" from representative Hindus.