L'Inde a réexaminé. ir, andKrishna a suivi, en adoptant un serpent-charmer. Soufflez sur le gourde perlé que la musique de serpent qui sauve le cobra à capuche de son trou le plus profond, a déjoué son corps de menteur sur le reptile imaginaire, chantant les notes de la chanson rêveuse, bewildering, beguiling; Courbé au-dessus du serpent à mi-parcours, le capriant de longues mélodies sauvages, basses et bizarres, jusqu'à ce que le charme soit censé habétriumphé, le serpent a été ensorcelé et capturé ; où Krishna s'est levé aux pieds et, tirant la frange scintillante de son sari sur le front, l'étendre avec lui

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India revisited . ir, andKrishna followed, enacting a serpent-charmer. Blow-ing on the beaded gourd that snake music which bringsthe hooded cobra forth from his deepest hole, sheswayed her lithe body over the imaginary reptile, chanting the notes of the dreamy, bewildering, be-guiling song; bent herself over the half-entrancedsnake, coaxing him out with long, low, weird passagesof wild melody, until the charm was supposed to havetriumphed, the serpent was bewitched and captured;whereupon Krishna rose to her feet and, drawing theglittering fringe of her sari over her forehead, expand-ing it with both hands, so as to resemble a cobrashood, she finished with the snake-dance, amid criesof Shabash (well done) ! which were acknowledgedwith deep salaams. We were favoured after this, upon special request, with the Holi and the Wasanta songs, albeit not ofthe season; for Hindu singing is always more or lessreligious, and there are certain of these melodies setapai-t for the time of year, and for the daylight, and. I NAUTCH DANCES, PLAYS, AND JEWELS. 83 others which must never be given except after thehour of midnight. When the first portion was con-cluded the mistress of the house hung hars, orgarlands, of sweet-scented blossoms on the necks andwrists of the Nautch-dancers, since it is the customalways to honour them in this way before any otherguests. Nor does anybody slight or abuse theseDeva-dasas, or servants of the god, though theirprofession is perfectly understood. In Southern Indiathe nautchnee is married solemnly to a dagger, by aceremony called Shej, and lives afterwards as aBhavin, dedicated to the temple and the dance. Butbecause so many of them can read, write, and are infact the cleverest and most accomplished, as well asthe most generous of their sex, the Hindus havecome to shudder at the idea of education for theirwives, and this is one of the greatest obstacles tofemale instruction. While they rested, and munchedbetel-leaf, a skilful player from Canara discour

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