Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Duties of chaplains—Modes of visiting out-stations— Visit to Pegu—Creek adventures—Fire-fly—Mosquitoes, their use—Visiting Burmese villages— Elegant pagoda—Pegu—Tiger-trap—Narrow escape—Pooay, or Burmese play—English drama in 1587—Native orchestra. " There is an insect, that, when evening comes, Small tho' he be, and scarce distinguishable, Like evening clad in soberest livery, Unsheaths his wings, and thro' the woods and glades Scatters a marvellous splendour. On he wheels, Blazing by fits as from excess of joy ; Each gush of light a gush of ecstasy ; Nor unaccompanied : thousands that fling A radiance all their own, not of the day ; Thousands as bright as he, from dusk till dawn, Soaring, descending. Eogees. We will commence this chapter by describing the duties of Indian chaplains. Unlike military chaplains, who are subject more or less to the colonel of the regiment to which they are attached, the Indian chaplain is subordinated only to his bishop and the government of the Presidency to -which he belongs. His services are at the disposal of civil and military alike, in whatsoever station he may be placed. If the station is a large one, there will be two or more chaplains, each with his own church and district assigned him. The churches are built, kept in repair, and furnished by Government, and where there are troops a certain monthly sum allowed for servants, such as clerk, sexton, and peons, or messengers. Primarily the chaplain has to attend to the troops, visit their different hospitals and barracks, instruct in their schools, and attend the cemetery morning and evening for burials. The outside or non-military community have also to be attended to, with their schools, hospitals, dispensaries, orphanages, and other institutions. At cert...