mussaul

Such a man is, properly speaking, simply a mussaul who has tried to do the Hamal's work.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

Brahma, and the Brahman, who sprung from the head of the same figure, despises him, but not with that depth of contempt with which he himself despises the mussaul, who is an outcast, and sprang from nowhere in particular.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

You see, times are hard and Hurree has a large family, so he is obliged to eke out his salary by contract work for the mussaul.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

He has to control a sneaking mussaul, an obstinate hamal, a quarrelsome, or perhaps a drunken cook, a wicked dog-boy, a proud coachman, and a few turbulent ghorawallas, while he must conciliate, or outwit, the opposition headed by the ayah.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

The mussaul is not a bad man, but the "Bootrail's" example infects him too.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

This kind of employment came into the country with our rule, so that the domestic Hamal, who is an offshoot of the palkee hamal, or "bearer," has not had time to become what fanciers would call a permanent strain, and you will find that you can convert Rama into a chupprasse, a malee, or even a ghorawalla, but into a mussaul never.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

I suspect the commonest with us masters is that which regards boy, butler, mussaul, cook, as just so many synonyms for channels by which the hard-earned rupee, which is our life-blood, flows from us continually.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

In Bombay, since hard times set in, the offices of Hamal and mussaul have got a little mixed, and a man will show you characters testifying that he has served in both capacities.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

The butler indeed, tries to be proud and risks ruin, but the mussaul truckles to her, and the cook, who can spoil her dinner, and has some control over her, trims between her and the butler.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880

It does not come into our minds, that when we submit our claim for an extra allowance of Rs. 200 under section 1735 of the Code, and the mussaul gets the butler to prefer a humble request for an increase of one rupee a month to his slender puggar, we and the mussaul are made kin by that one touch of nature.

Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880