HILLS NEAR RA'jAMAHALt. 6$ 



rupee and a piece of cloth annually, for bringing 

 them up. When arrived at that period of life, they 

 are sent to the relation of their father who paid 

 their mother for taking care of them. When a wo- 

 man has ten children, her eldest brother may claim 

 one ; the right is acknowledged from custom, though 

 it cannot be enforced. The child thus adopted by an 

 uncle, is treated as and has every privilege of his 

 own children. Should this son by adoption arrive at 

 manhood, die, and leave property, it is equally di- 

 vided between the adopter and the father of the 

 deceased. 



A man desirous of marrying a widow, deputes a 

 friend to ask her in marriage. Should she consent, 

 she refers him to her late husband's relations, the 

 nearest of whom, for his acquiescence, is entitled to 

 two rupees and a turban. The parents of the widow 

 are next consulted. Should they approve, they are 

 entitled to some trifling presents, on which the fa- 

 ther gives his daughter's hand, exhorting the bride- 

 groom, as related in the description of a marriage. 

 The red paint is not used on a second marriage : a 

 feast concludes the whole. 



A man cannot marry a relation, though he may 

 marry his wife's sisters, except in the instance of 

 younger brothers, cousins, and nephews, receiving 

 one each, or more, of their senior kinsman's widows, 

 who are treated and considered as wives, though 

 there is no expence nor ceremony attending their 

 union. 



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