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judice, their not liking to take away the life of 

 any animal. 



Let us but place ourselves for a moment in the 

 situation of the Hindoos, how many customs 

 have we which must appear to them ridicu- 

 lous, for example. What must they think of 

 our dress varying- every year. At one time 

 wearing- wigs made with the hair of others, 

 both living and dead. At another time, clog- 

 ging our hair with grease and flour, sufficient 

 to feed a Plindoo. Removing teeth from one 

 living person to another. Distorting our bo- 

 dies into ail manner of shapes by our dress. 

 At one time making- ourselves appear to have 

 very long waists, at another, remarkably 

 short. At one time making ourselves appear 

 as -if we had no necks; at another, making 

 them appear as long as possible with stiffen- 

 ings, which almost prevent our heads from 

 moving. In fact, we cannot ourselves look 

 back for centuries on the costumes of our an- 

 cestors without smiling at the folly of those 

 who adopted them. Whereas, their customs 



