oont

“Picking up his big, green turban from beside his rug, I bound his arms to his sides and then, going forth, got baggage-cords from the _oont-wallah_ and likewise his _puggri_, and Moussa Isa bound his feet and hands and knees.”

Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life

“He and his best camel and its driver were gone, but all his people and servants and _oont-wallahs_ [27] were in the _serai_, [28] and said they knew not where he was, but had received a _hookum_ [29] over-night to set out that day for Mekran Kot.”

Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life

“And in the morning came Abdul Haq and Hussein Ali and the servants and _oont-wallahs_, save a few who had been sent with laden camels by the Caravan Road.”

Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life

“O the oont, O the oont, O the floatin ', bloatin' oont!”

Verses 1889-1896

“O the oont, O the oont, O the floppin ', droppin' oont!”

Verses 1889-1896

“O the oont, 1 O the oont, O the commissariat oont!”

Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads

“Oh, the oont, oh, the oont, oh, the gawdforsaken oont!" as the poet of the barrack-room sings.”

Without Prejudice