Historic India. A Toda House, Its Master and Mistress.
Todas are an indigenous tribe in the Nilgiris, South India.
[Original caption] A Toda House _ Its Master and Mistress. A native residence of the roughest kind of architecture, thatched or wattled roof, unglazed holes for windows and a general air of crampy discomfort, but the hot season begins early in the year and life in the open air makes many things endurable. [end]