Illustrations
AN OLD BRAHMAN Frontispiece
BANDY CROSSING A POOL Facing page 5
A YOUNG TAMIL GIRL 11
A POTTER AT HIS WHEEL 24
A DEVOTEE OF SIVA 26
THE RED LAKE VILLAGE 28
DEATH SCENE 51
WAILING 53
THREE CEREMONIAL MOURNERS 54
CEREMONIAL BATHING 56
AN ANCIENT PARIAH 58
VELLALA WIDOW 66
TYPICAL OLD WIDOW 73
HINDU SCHOOLMASTER AND BOYS 87
SHANAR MOTHER AND CHILD 91
COOKING IN A SHANAR HOUSE 98
FAIRLY TYPICAL VELLALAR 105
CHRISTIAN WIDOW 112
BRAHMAN GIRL 118
THREE TYPES OF BRAHMANHOOD --
KEEN 132
THOUGHTFUL 134
DULL 138
AN OLD WOMAN AND BABY 143
BRAHMAN WIDOW 145
BRAHMAN STREET 147
SHEPHERD-CASTE HOUSE 151
VELLALA CHILD 161
"UGLY DUCKLING" 178
DESIGNS IN CHALK 194
HANDMARKS ON THE DOOR 202
A "HOLY BRAHMAN" 221
WOMAN AND WATER-VESSEL 262

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