i86 TOREEN'S VOYAGE. 



Besjdes ihe aforementioned clothes of the - " 

 Bramlns and Gentoo women, they are almoft: 

 all of them dreifed in white cotton about the 

 body. The parts of their drefs are a pair of 

 flippers which are pulled off at the door ; a 

 pair of trowfers ; a fhort fhirt which is open 

 before, and above the breeches ; and over this 

 a coat reaching to the feet, which fits clofe to 

 the body, and has folds below like a petti- 

 coat ; it has long fleeves, which fold over the 

 hands. The Mchanunedans and Heathens ob- 

 ferve this difference, that the former tie the 

 fore part of their coat below the right, and 

 the latter below the left arm. They tie a gir- 

 dle about their waifts of the fame fluff of which 

 the coat is made, or fometimes of richer; and 

 in it they have a precious knife, or, according 

 to the difference of cuftoms, a dagger. The 

 'Pcrfees have a firing below the girdle, which 

 feems to be a part of their religion ; for at 

 Dwiibes (a village near S-uratte} I faw a Perfce> 

 who, before he faluted his guefts, meafurcd his 

 forehead with this firing, and made a bow to 

 the moon. 



The turban is of all colours; the green here 

 denotes nothing extraordinary in the rank of 



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