I bought condensed milk, "Milkmaid brand," for the equivalent of _7d._ a tin.

In the inn there is stabling accommodation for more than a hundred mules and horses, and there are rooms for as many drivers.

The tariff cannot be called immoderate.

The charges are: For a mule or horse per night, fodder included, one farthing; for a man per night, a supper of rice included, one penny.
Even larger than the city inn is the caravanserai where my pony was stabled; it is more like a barracks than an inn.

One afternoon the landlord invited the missionary and me into his guest-room, and as I was the chief guest, he insisted, of course, that I should occupy the seat of honour on the left hand.