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Dick 's inclinations , at present , turn to the sea , but I have no doubt that what you say is true , and that there may be far more advantageous openings for him out here . However , that is a matter for us to talk over , in the future . '' The Rajah stayed four days at Madras . Every morning the carriage came at nine o'clock to fetch Mrs. Holland , who spent several hours with her brother , and was then driven back to the hotel , while Dick wandered about with Rajbullub through the native town , asking questions innumerable , observing closely the different costumes and turbans , and learning to know , at once , the district , trade , or caste , from the colour or fashion of the turban , and other little signs . The shops were an endless source of amusement to him , and he somewhat surprised his companion by his desire to learn the names of all the little articles and trinkets , even of the various kinds of grain . Dick , in fact , was continuing his preparations for his work . He knew that ignorance of any trifling detail which would , as a matter of course , be known to every native , would excite more surprise and suspicion than would be caused by a serious blunder in other matters ; and he wrote down , in a notebook , every scrap of information he obtained , so as to learn it by heart at his leisure .