Aha ! my children , the Mugger knows -- the Mugger knows -- and my Malwah Jats are a good people ! '' `` They are too close -- too narrow in the hand for my crop , '' croaked the Adjutant . `` They waste not the polish on the cow 's horn , as the saying is ; and , again , who can glean after a Malwai ? '' `` Ah , I -- glean -- THEM , '' said the Mugger . `` Now , in Calcutta of the South , in the old days , '' the Adjutant went on , `` everything was thrown into the streets , and we picked and chose . Those wore dainty seasons . But to-day they keep their streets as clean as the outside of an egg , and my people fly away . To be clean is one thing ; to dust , sweep , and sprinkle seven times a day wearies the very Gods themselves . '' `` There was a down-country jackal had it from a brother , who told me , that in Calcutta of the South all the jackals were as fat as otters in the Rains , '' said the Jackal , his mouth watering at the bare thought of it . `` Ah , but the white-faces are there -- the English , and they bring dogs from somewhere down the river in boats -- big fat dogs -- to keep those same jackals lean , '' said the Adjutant . `` They are , then , as hard-hearted as these people ? I might have known . Neither earth , sky , nor water shows charity to a jackal . I saw the tents of a white-face last season , after the Rains , and I also took a new yellow bridle to eat . The white-faces do not dress their leather in the proper way . It made me very sick . '' `` That was better than my case , '' said the Adjutant . `` When I was in my third season , a young and a bold bird , I went down to the river where the big boats come in . The boats of the English are thrice as big as this village . ''
`` He has been as far as Delhi , and says all the people there walk on their heads , '' muttered the XXXXX .
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