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Show 6 his limited power to keep the crat alive, but he realized that it would be hard struggle and that cventually he would be forced to give up the fight This Delhi paper merchant had undertaken to advance a few rupees no and then to the needy mill owner, and for this courtesy he had exclusiv sale of the papex, which he offered at prices few Indians could afford to pay Mr. Dhoomi Mal Dharam Das, Mr. Rao, an I tarted for the papermill and after a lung drive through Delhi, a city of jumbled streets, ty derclic ca I could observe nothing that even slightly resemble or suggeste a permaking establishme low gatewayin a brick wall I followed my guides, and on through a maze of narrow winding lanes, flanke onbothsidesby highwalls and ancient buildings. The pathway was rendere almost impassable by men and boys selling ox hearts, the shinyred muscula organs piled in pyramids upon flat, wide-spread wicker baskets. My guide were Hindus, and the scene must have been revolting to them. Apparently all the poo\', dumu(c Indnns who dwelt in this labyrinth of alley-way were of th Mohammedan faith. These people could see no sin in eating th hearts of the |)ullocks, those faithful, abused animals s sable to th inhabitants of India. We passed most interesting fagades and donr-way!, but owing to the narrowness of the wall-flanked path, it was impossible o mak ‘photographs of these charming bits of old Indian archite At last we came to a carved entrance way, desolate e glected, an t0 what seemed the end of the stone-paved walk; but there was one more turn, and this brought us within the courtyard of the handmade pape establishment. The mill owner and workers, all Mohammedans, were celebrating the holiday, but it was not long before they all came into the yar to greet my two Indian friends and me. Photograph 45. There was th owner of the mill, Mr. Mohammed Sadrque Kaghzi (again the famil name derived from the Hindustani word for papermaker), Mr. Cutabmdin Digital image© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |
