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the rank of the wearer. A turban of Suratte 

 is eafily diftinguifhed from the Perfian and 

 Arabian, for though it requires aboye thirty 

 yards of cloth, it fits very neatly on the head, 

 except a great bolfter which comes jufl over 

 the right eye. 



The drefs of the women who are feen iri 

 the ftreets aiders from the drefs of the men 

 in regard to the coats, which are open before, 

 and cannot be thrown back to the other fide; 

 and their breeches reach down to the very 

 feet. They only throw a loofe cloth over the 

 head and flioulders. Poor people of both 

 fexes wear both fhorter and fcantier clothes. 



Both fexes falute in the fame manner, 

 namely, they lay the hand on the forehead or 

 on the head. Some fay Salam or Sala Maleck 

 with it. If they intend to exprefs fubmiffion, 

 they firfl: lay their hand on the ground or 

 floor, and then on the left bread, and at lajjfc 

 on the head. On the aforementioned feftival 

 in honor of the Pcrfmn martyrs, I faw an- 

 other method of faluting their friends ; they 

 firfl ^put our heads on their left fhoulder, 

 then on the right, and then again on the 



left j 



