22 HOESE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA 



English body-brushes should be used in preference to 

 those of country make. The bristles should be closely 

 set, long, and moderately soft, so as not to hurt the 

 skin while cleansing it from scurf. Each rib of a curry- 

 comb should be made of wrought iron, and should be 

 riveted at each end to the iron back. The teeth 

 should be blunt, so that they may not unduly wear out 

 the bristles of the brush. An inferior kind has the ribs 

 made in pairs from pieces of sheet iron turned up at 

 the sides. These ribs quickly lose their shape, and, 

 owing to the thinness of the metal, their teeth are 

 much too sharp. Long, thin, copper sweat-scrapers, 

 made with handles at each end, are much to be pre- 

 ferred to those of a semi-circular form, constructed 

 with only one handle; as the latter are hard and 

 unyielding to the skin. 



Capital wisps may be made from unprepared hemp 

 (Hind. Sun). 



