﻿44« ON SINGHALA, OR CEYLON, 



of neceflaries for drefs: alfo to the mother, apiece 

 of white cloth, and one of the fame defcription to the 

 wafherwoman. He likewifc fends feven Kaddehs* of 

 different forts of eatables ; and a Taddeh, which is 

 called Geeramool Taddeh^'f containing a branch of ripe 

 Plantains^X with a variety of victuals; a box for Bee- 

 tle?iut ;\\ one for Chunamjj a fpecies of Scijfars,** to 

 cut the Beetlenut; and the requifite quantity of Chu~ 



All thofe articles being fent to the houfe of the 

 female, the parties already mentioned repair there. 

 A large table is placed in the center of the room, co- 

 vered over with a white cloth, called Magool poroO' 

 iQch; both extremities of the apartment are in like 

 manner ornamented with cloth. The company, con- 

 fiding of relations only, having entered, the young 

 couple advance towards each other from oppofite 

 ends of the room; the female attended by a younger 

 brother, whofe deficiency is to be fupplied by an- 

 other relation beneath her in years. 1 he man and 

 woman having met in the center of the room ; the 

 brother, or relation, accompanying the woman, 

 waflies the right foot of the intended hufband; and 

 the latter puts a gold ring on a finger of the hand 

 with which he is waflied. Then the two uncles, or 

 next nearefl relations to the contrafting parties, tie 

 a thread round the little fingers of their right hands, 

 thus uniting them ; after which, the new married 

 woman dreffes herfelf in the clothes her hufband had 

 fent her. 



The father and mother of the bride make feven 

 prefents to the bridegroom, viz. an upper drefs, 

 palled, by the Singhalais^ Jouan hettee ; J;]; a bon- 

 net; 



* A load carried in the ftile of bangee, fufpended to the extremities of 

 a bamboo. Magool Kadd fignifies, the burthens (viands) for thefeaft. 



+ Geeramool (igmWt^, principal or of chief note : and Taa^t?i^, a bur- 

 then earned by two or four. 



X Kehelken. \\ Boolat payeh. ^ Keelote. ** Gem. ■\-^ Hoonno, 



%t The upper drefs worn by the Candians, with puffed fleevcs. reach- 

 ;ng the elbow ; the body part as far down as the navel. 



