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cess, at the Avill of the parties. If the husband or 

 husbands be not satisfied with their wife, he or they 

 return licr the effects she has brought in marriage, 

 and repudiate her. In the same manner, if the wo- 

 man be discontented, she insists on wit}](hawing her- 

 self, and returns Vv'hatevcr she may have recei\ed in 

 marriage. When the parties are not agreed as to 

 the divorce, the Jud^e or De.'^save interferes, and 

 generally annuls the marriage when he cannot recon« 

 cile them, 



DRESS, 



The dress of the grandees of the court, is not so 

 majestic as that of the Turks or Persians, nor so ele- 

 gant as that of the Indians; yet it is striking and 

 pleasing. The hip is covered w ith a large coloured 

 cloth descending and folded in sucl> a way before, as 

 to prevent any obstruction to the motion of the legs; 

 this cloth is called Pano: Over this, they wear a 

 kind of petticoat of fine muslin (called Joupeti) with 

 a gold border folded i;p in the May of the cloth, A 

 box made of paste-board is placed round their bellies, 

 the projection of which it increases five or six inches. 

 This box contains a handkerchief, watch, and other 

 little articles. Their servants always carry their 

 betel, chunani, and nuts of areka. A large sash 

 vith a gold border ties up the whole: it is called 

 Ottou Katchie. The upper part of the body is co- 

 vered, with cloth "worked in gold, or variegated silk, 

 or plain M'hite muslin. The sleeves are always stuffed 

 above with cotton, in order to make the higher part 

 of the arm appear thick. This they call Otte. Over 

 their shoulders is a large ruff, in the Spanish fashion, 

 A\ hich they call Mautc. On their heads they wear 

 a small round hat, which they call Topi RalouS; it 

 is made of paste-bo;ird, and is covered Avith a piece of 

 red cloth having a gold border, and sometimes of 

 white muslin, 'ibis dress appears to have been partly 



introduced 



