"Sir," he said, making a low salaam when Linforth had descended, "His Highness Shere Ali is now in Ajmere.

It was worth a week's pay to see the grins on their brown puckered faces and hear their husky contented salaams as they were lifted from the train.

As I rubbed my poor old eyes, the devil in command howled 'General salaam.

You return the salaam, hand to heart, which is considered the correct thing on the part of a superior in rank; whereat the Coolies look exceedingly pleased; and then the whole party, without visible reason, burst into shouts of laughter.