250 



HINDOO MANNERS. 



to her parents, and refuses to return unless the lady of 

 whose tyrann/she complains makes the first advances to- 

 •wards a reconciliation. . . , 



The females of India dress with simplicity, and prefer 

 long, flowing robes, which give them an elegant and classi- 

 cal appearance. On extraordinary occasions, however, they 



deliaht to adom themselves profusely with trinkets and 

 3 The/live in general a retired and recluse life in 

 the interior o/their houses, and it U .considered a breach of 

 decorum for a man even to look at them. On the death of 

 decorum lor a sacrifice themselves on his fu- 



25j££S25 SeV choose to forfeit altogether their 

 J P „d social relations, remain ever after in a state of 

 wklowhood. Both Grant and Ward intimate then belief 



intrigue That irregularities, magnified bv scandal, clo 

 ingly pTOD.il.; tat, »''»'"" ^ heir p „fes.ion, w. 

 j" gaTvows uLajl, marts tta depo«m.r.t of lb. Hu»i«. 



