[26] The Native gentleman's charger, with his trained paces, his henna-stained crimson mane, tail, and fetlocks, is a picturesque sight now less common than it used to be. [27] _Chita_, the hunting leopard. _Felis jubata_. [28] _Mahawat_, originally meaning 'a high officer'. [29] This specially applies to the Jain ascetics, who keep a brush to remove insects from their path, and cover their mouths with linen. [30] A common piece of imitative magic: as the bird flies away it carries the disease with it. The practice of releasing prisoners when the King or a member of his family was sick, or as a thanksgiving on recovery, was common.--Sleeman, _Journey_, ii. 41. [31] This is incorrect. Imprisonment for debt is allowed by Muhammadan Law.--Hughes, _Dictionary of Islam_, 82. [32] This gives a too favourable account of the administration of justice in Oudh. 'A powerful landlord during the Nawabi could evict a tenant, or enhance his rent, or take away his wife from him, or cut his head off, with as much, or as little, likelihood of being called to account by Na zim or Chakladar for one act as for another' (H.C. Irwin, _The Garden of India_, 258). Gen. Sleeman points out that Musalmans wore practically immune from the death penalty, particularly if they happened to kill a Sunni. A Hindu, consenting after conviction to become a Musalman, was also immune (_Journey Through Oudh_, i. 135). Executions used constantly to occur in Lucknow under Nasir-ud-din (W. Knighton, _Private Life of an Eastern King_, 104). LETTER XVI Remarks on the trades and professions of Hindoostaun.--The Bazaars.--Naunbye (Bazaar cook).--The Butcher, and other trades.--Shroffs (Money-changers).--Popular cries in Native cities.--The articles enumerated and the venders of them described.--The Cuppers.--Leechwomen.--Ear-cleaners.--Old silver.--Pickles.--Confectionery.--Toys.--Fans.--Vegetables and fruit.--Mangoes.--Melons.--Melon-cyder.--Fish.--Bird-catcher.--The Butcher-bird, the Coel, and Lollah.--Fireworks.--Parched corn.--Wonder-workers.--Snakes.--Anecdote of the Moonshie and the Snake-catcher.--The Cutler.--Sour curds.--Clotted cream.--Butter.--Singular process of the Natives in making butter.--Ice.--How procured in India.--Ink.--All writing dedicated to God by the Mussulmauns.--The reverence for the name of God.--The Mayndhie and Sulmah.