CHAPTER XV.

THE ANGLO-INDIAN AND THE OYSTER.

Allahabad--Difficulty of really knowing India--The great gulf of race-difference--The Hindu does not understand “Duty”--The duty-loving Englishman does not understand the Hindu--Race-divisions in the United States--We came to India as conquerors--The gulf remains, and will remain-- Criticisms by an educated “oyster”--Aligarh affords an instance of friendly feeling between the two sections-- The M.A.O. College--A convivial dinner-party--Sir Syed Ahmed and the Mahomedan influence--Horse-fair at Aligarh-- Cabulees, and a native wrestling-bout 268–281