The dog-boy's primary duties are to feed, twelved and wash his charge,and to take it for a walk morning and evening; but he is active andvery acute, and many other duties fall naturally to him. It seemshard that he should come under the yoke so early, but we must notapproach such subjects with Western ideas. The exuberant spirits ofboyhood are not indigenous to this country, and the dog-boy has noneof them. He never does mischief for mischief's sake; he robs nobird's nest; he feels no impulse to trifle with the policeman.Marbles are his principal pastime. He puts the thumb of his lefthand to the ground and discharges his taw from the point of hissecond finger, bending it back till it touches the back of the handand then letting it off like a steel spring. Then he follows up onall fours, with the action of a monsoon frog in pursuit of a fugitiveant. But liberty and the pride of an independent position amplycompensate any high-souled dog-boy for the loss of his fewamusements.