I had an idea that this was a rich country but, so far, one has seen nothing in the way of rich dress materials, or shawls, or carpets, or jewelry that one could send home as presents.

Why, in India I was always being tempted; but here it is certainly the useful, rather than the ornamental, that meets the eye." "I saw some nice things at Ava but, of course, all the upper classes bolted as we came up the country; and the traders in rich goods did the same.

Are you going to take a servant with you, Harry?
I don't think that there is any occasion to do so, for Meinik can look after us both, well enough." "Yes, I am thinking of taking my native, the man I hired just after I got here.

He is a very good fellow, and made himself very useful, while I was ill.

I picked up a tat for him, yesterday, for a few rupees.