From time to time we have published letters in pidgin English, to our own great amusement, if not! always to that of our readers. But the communication published below, is, we believe, in the circumstances unique.
'A reader had occasion to dismiss a coolie in "his employ, whose illiteracy was monumental, even for a man of his class. A few days later, to his very great surprise he received this letter:— usin:—T, your former house Coolie, beg to refer you to my letter of 26th inst, and interviewed you the next day,' when T asked you to be Kind enough to. find a job for me, either:
your office or a hou beg.to add that, able to find " vacancy yao, wi Kindly write following gentleman, wi the mews to mo and T You, at once' on eccts (The following gentleman's name' address and. telephone number is
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.