This operation is performed daily for three or four days; after which in many cases the child actually gets better, and the mother in gratitude pays the Syed from eight annas to a rupee for his kind offices.

His entire stock-in-trade, including the ground coffee in his kettle, does not as a rule exceed five rupees in value.

If prices are ruling high, they may get much more than four rupees per maund for it, and they adopt all kinds of ingenious devices to adulterate the seed, and increase its weight.

"Now, please, don't refuse me, Rái Bahádur; surely you can spare a couple of rupees to a poor Brahman!" Samarendra was exasperated by the man's importunity.

I promptly inquired how it was the mullah was not carrying a load, but was told he was too old to help in that way, but would be only too delighted to overcome the elements; so I gave the Mirza to understand that if the mullah would stop the snow-storm the Sirkar would make him, the mullah, a great man; in the meantime, I would give him a couple of rupees on account.

" "Fifteen hundred rupees of capitalevery rupee we could beg, borrow, or stealare invested on these two camels," said Dravot.

Like washing the car for which I used to get five rupees from my dad.

The Dutch and French tried to exonerate themselves by laying all the blame on the English, but the Governor refused to make any distinction, and called on the three nations to pay fourteen lakhs of rupees as a compensation for the losses occasioned by piracy.

"It costs a thousand rupees at the least to fill one of those caldrons," said the Pathan.

He pressed a couple of rupees into the old woman's willing palm, saying: "Hiramani, I see that you are really my well-wisher.

That gentleman having "lost by neglect" certain articles of my kitto wit sundry shirts and other garmentsand having rendered others completely hors de combat by reason of his sinful method of washing, I decided to "cut" three rupees off his remuneration.

Then he went off to another shop and borrowed a rupee by promising to pay eight annas a month as interest and putting down four annas as advance.