Traveler's and Writer's Sourcebook, circa January-March, 1911, Number 4

panther crd. off man frm my ckhouse [crossed out] cd [end crossed out] wife cd only fd shoes Szd Mohamedan woman & [???] off

ate half wd hv cm bk how grt man eaten

mud hut [???] woman sees snk abv her chd's head [crossed out] who [end crossed out] Does she kl snk? No; she gets a [???] of milk "why? may be ^(her other) chd who d may be her fathr or mothr"

[???] Blk, may be blk next lf

Rev J Lamford "You eat meat" "[???] [???] hf of [???]., Dont tk time"

The great ineq of lf the Hindu dsn't sk to right the them The omnipotence of God HDu += the Kgliness of man God't grt trust refused in man (Wm Dwt Hy Jr poem)

[crossed out words] 2 rupees [end crossed out words] When I went to [???]. Man get 2 rupees a mth & board myself or 4 rupees ^(a year) & [grain?] sm'lr [1900?] 5 rupees,

man then earned 2 annos now 5 annos Cd buy 45 lbs rice for 1 rupee now only 10 or 12 lbs

Bombay coolies 8 to 10 annos

Waiter hotel works 6 am to 11 pm

If Hindu's first wf, no make issue

Women do not worship with men Mohamdn mosques

[As?] [???] to [???] abt India as [???]

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[Idea?] of Morals Tht [crossed out words] wrong to [end crossed out words] dgrs to let a girl [crossed out] [arvd?] [end crossed out] ^(arrive) at age of pbrty wtht a husbd, a respbl man

20,000,000 aboriginal people Animists, demon-worshippers

Hdrds of tea shops Bombay (substitutes for saloons) incrsg daily

Abgnl [???] 200 or 300 words vocably limtd to expsns concng eatg, dkg, lust & work

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Mr Leslie Rogers

only fit for lower counts

Bombay mills impt Egyptn or Amen ctn for higher counts

Exptl [forms?] to imprv [???] vats

Amen bale is bad recog fact everywhere

Nearly all ctn fully pressed

Cotton like opm

Mills can't get cotton no ctn avlbl in India Several mills closed

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