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This seemed, to Doast, a very unsatisfactory state of things, and he looked to his father for an explanation. "It is as your cousin says, Doast. You have been down with me to Madras, and you have seen that, except the officers in the army, none of the Europeans carry arms. It is the same in England. England is a great island, and as they have many ships of war, no enemy can land there.
Those who cannot, go in hired vehicles, or on foot. You would hardly see a person on horseback once in a week." "I do not like walking," Doast said gravely. "Well, you see, you have no occasion to walk, as you always have your horses. Besides, the weather here is very hot. But in England it is colder, and walking is a pleasure.
For have they not conquered all our princes and rajahs, and have even beaten Tippoo Sahib, and made him give them much of his country?" "The answer would be a great deal too long to be given tonight, Doast. You had better ask your cousin about it, in the morning." The next morning Dick was up early, eager to investigate the palace, of which he had seen little the night before.
I am older and bigger than you are, but everything is new and strange to me, and I shall have to depend upon you to teach me everything." "We did not think that you would be able to talk to us," the elder, whose name was Doast Assud, said, smiling. "We have been wondering how we should make you understand.
"You have done very well, cousin," Doast said, with grave approval. "You will not be long before you can ride as well as we can. Now you had better go up at once and have a bath, and put on fresh clothes." Dick felt that the advice was good, as, bathed in perspiration, and stiff and sore in every limb, he slowly made his way to his room.
"What! Not swords, pistols, and daggers, Father?" Doast exclaimed, in surprise; for to him it seemed that arms were as necessary a part of attire as a turban, and much more necessary than shoes. "But, when people are attacked by marauders, or two chiefs quarrel with each other, what can they do if they have no arms?" "There are no marauders, and no chiefs," Dick laughed.
Tomorrow we will begin to teach him to ride and to shoot, and I have no doubt that he will be ready, in return, to teach you a great deal about his country." The boys got up. But Doast paused to ask his father one last question. "But how is it, Father, if the English never carry weapons, and never fight, that they are such brave soldiers?
Then, on holidays, three or four of us would go for a long walk, and sometimes we went out on the river in a boat; and every morning, early, we used to go for a swim. Oh, I can tell you, there was plenty to do, and I was busy from morning till night. But I want very much to learn to shoot, both with gun and pistol, as well as to ride." "We have got English guns and pistols," Doast said.
"We will lend them to you. We have a place where we practise. "Our father says everyone ought to be able to shoot don't you, Father?" The Rajah nodded. "Everyone out here ought to, Doast, because, you see, every man here may be called upon to fight, and everyone carries arms. But it is different in England. Nobody fights there, except those who go into the army, and nobody carries weapons."
Here and there were small pavilions, whose roofs of sculptured stone were supported by shafts of marble. The foliage of shrubs and trees alike was new to Dick, and the whole scene delighted him. Half an hour later, his two cousins joined him. "We wondered what had become of you," Doast said, "and should not have found you, if Rajbullub had not told us that he saw you come out here. "Come in, now.
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