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Page xvi
... , & c . & c . , 178 · 200 CHAPTER IX . Establishment of a wealthy merchant . Three classes of servants . Ladies ' maids and Ayehs . Affection of Indian nurses , their PAGE . love for your children . Sketch of a xvi CONTENTS .
... , & c . & c . , 178 · 200 CHAPTER IX . Establishment of a wealthy merchant . Three classes of servants . Ladies ' maids and Ayehs . Affection of Indian nurses , their PAGE . love for your children . Sketch of a xvi CONTENTS .
Page xvii
... ladies and poor husbands . A box on the ear for stupidity . Indian butter . An old favourite . Sketch of Meeta and Metrane sweepers . Poor despised people . Chandalas forbidden to reside in towns . Their calling . Grave - diggers and ...
... ladies and poor husbands . A box on the ear for stupidity . Indian butter . An old favourite . Sketch of Meeta and Metrane sweepers . Poor despised people . Chandalas forbidden to reside in towns . Their calling . Grave - diggers and ...
Page 57
... ladies , who go up to pray , unseen by the busy world below ; for they are supposed to lose caste if they appear in public , and are quite shut out from holding any intercourse with strangers ; consequently , their lives are passed in ...
... ladies , who go up to pray , unseen by the busy world below ; for they are supposed to lose caste if they appear in public , and are quite shut out from holding any intercourse with strangers ; consequently , their lives are passed in ...
Page 60
... ladies . There are also found here camphor - wood trunks , so useful to preserve furs , clothing , and books , from insects , and in particular from the white ants , so destructive , in this country to this sort of property 60 ...
... ladies . There are also found here camphor - wood trunks , so useful to preserve furs , clothing , and books , from insects , and in particular from the white ants , so destructive , in this country to this sort of property 60 ...
Page 61
... ladies require ; besides articles of Bombay workmanship— particularly the richly inlaid work - boxes , desks , and dressing - cases , which are so justly admired by Europeans ; kincob , or gold cloth , so much worn by the rich native ...
... ladies require ; besides articles of Bombay workmanship— particularly the richly inlaid work - boxes , desks , and dressing - cases , which are so justly admired by Europeans ; kincob , or gold cloth , so much worn by the rich native ...
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