"We will lend them to you.

We have a place where we practise.
"Our father says everyone ought to be able to shoot--don't you, Father ?" The Rajah nodded.
"Everyone out here ought to, Doast, because, you see, every man here may be called upon to fight, and everyone carries arms.

But it is different in England.

Nobody fights there, except those who go into the army, and nobody carries weapons." "What! Not swords, pistols, and daggers, Father ?" Doast exclaimed, in surprise; for to him it seemed that arms were as necessary a part of attire as a turban, and much more necessary than shoes.

"But, when people are attacked by marauders, or two chiefs quarrel with each other, what can they do if they have no arms ?" "There are no marauders, and no chiefs," Dick laughed.