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SOCIABLE SPRITES OF THE HIMALAYAN PASTURE-LANDS |
SAVAGE TEACHING HIS SON ARCHERY |
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| These merry young people are tending livestock in the hills near Simla, and as children of the Paharis or hill people, their duties come quite naturally to them. They are very friendly towards strangers, always ready with a smiling welcome, and the dirty rags which cover many of these lithe young forms detract no whit from their general attractive appearance | At early age Moi boys use bows and arrows to bring down game. So soon as they are proficient, they are allowed to use, in hunting for food, poisoned arrows like the men |