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if he did this or that? so that in a short time his whole behaviour was altered. He never said a bad word, and was vexed when he heard any other person do it. He spoke mildly and civilly to everybody. He would return the salam^[1] of the poorest coolie^[2] in the bazar. If any body gave him a rupee,^[3] he would not spend it in sweetmeats or playthings; but he would change it into

1. Health: Salutation.
2. A kind of low cast of men, who have no trade, but work at any kind of common employment.
3. A gold coin.