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78. It is not out of place to briefly describe what such a cultivator wears, 

 what he owns in the way of pots and pans or jewellery, and where he lives. The 

 following details are the result of constant enquiry, and may be accepted as 

 approximate to actual fact. 



79. The cultivator will want for himself a pair of waistcloths (dhoti) 

 costing Re. 1-8-0, a couple of pagris (angochha) costing 6 annas, a jacket 

 (mirzai) costing for the hot weather 5 annas, and a stuffed one for the cold weather 

 costing 14 annas. Over his shoulders he will throw a cloth (pichhaura) costing 

 12 annas, and if he is well up in the social scale he will have a coat (angarklia) 

 costing 13 annas. These will chiefly be made of country cloth, but a consider- 

 able proportion is of Manchester goods. He will also buy a pair of shoes, cost- 

 ing 8 annas. His wife will want a petticoat (lalmga) costing Re. 1, a shawl 

 (lugra or dopatta) costing 8 annas, and a jacket (jhola) costing 4 annas, and a 

 small dhoti costing 8 annas. These are nearly entirely made of country cloth. 



80. The children rarely come in for new clothes ; when they wear any 

 at all, the cast-off garments of their parents do duty for them. In the cold 

 weather a couple of blankets must be bought, or quilted coverlets (gcdtf or razdi) 

 made of purchased cloths stuffed with the cultivator's own cotton. 



81. The total cost of clothes for a family of five will amount to about 

 Rs. 15, and the proportionate annual expenditure to about Rs. 10-8-0, 



82. The following abstract of enquiries made by me is interesting, as 

 giving the grounds of the above details : 



