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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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from his home, and had to go back the next day. I told him
that in that case I would give him the five rupees, but when I
came to his village in a month's time, I should expect him
to do work for me there, in return for the money. He went
off with the rupees, delighted. But, an hour or two afterwards,
returned with them, gave them back to me, and said he would
not take them, as he did not like to have to do the work.
That is just the fault of the Chitralis—they hate work. They
love to enjoy themselves, but they hate having to exert them-
selves. And if the introduction of trade into their country
can induce them to want rupees, and if they can appreciate
that to get rupees they have to work, a stimulus will have
been given them which must be beneficial. One of the greatest
difficulties which British officers, in countries like Chitral, have
to contend with is this lack of inducement to work. Roads
have to be constructed, supplies have to be carried, work of
all kinds has to be done, but the difficulty is to obtain the
workers. There are numbers of men about, but they do not
want to work, they much prefer being left alone; and in many
cases they have to be compelled to work, even though they are
liberally paid for what they do. Among people of this dis-
position it is absolutely necessary to instil a wholesome love of
money, and as they come to appreciate its value and its uses,
they will work more readily, become less lazy, and obtain the
means of clothing and feeding themselves better, and of
improving their houses. And this incentive to work, and the
improvement of their environment, cannot fail to have some
good effect upon their characters. As they come to work
harder and more regularly, it may be expected that they will
become less impulsive and more steady and trustworthy.
And if this much can be obtained, good, and not harm, will
have resulted from instilling into these simple people the love
of money.
Every one who has seen them in their present primitive
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