"One of you would take the order, on the sultan's treasury, to a large village down in the plain.

You would go to a trader, and say that you wished to purchase so much grain and other goods, and would pay for them with an order on the sultan's treasury.

It would probably be accepted as readily as cash, for the trader would send it to a merchant, or banker, at Seringapatam to get it cashed for him, to pay for goods he had obtained there; and either to send him any balance there might be, or to retain it for further purchases.

An order of that kind is better than money, for trading purposes, for there would be no fear of its being stolen on the way, as it could be hidden in the hair, or shoe, or anywhere among the clothes of the messenger." "Wonderful!" the old peasant said.

"Your words are a relief, indeed, to me, and will be to all the village, when they hear them." "And now," Dick broke in, "let us talk about tigers.