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thereby hastening - a spirit into another state of existence, according to the 

 doctrine of the Hindoo metempsychosis. 



LXVIII. 



Hindoo Devotees of the Jungam and Byragee Tribes. 



These superstitious mendicants have some characteristic difference from 

 those in the preceding plate, the detail of which would be neither inte- 

 resting nor entertaining to the English reader. Some of the distinctions 

 in the artificial gradations of caste among these people are slightly men- 

 tioned in the Memoirs. The contrasted appearance of the well-fed Jun- 

 gam and the meagre habit of the abstemious Byragee are sufficiently 

 obvious. 



LXIX. 



Scene on the Banks of the Nerbudda, near Chandode. 



Although mentioned near Chandode, this drawing, made considerably 

 more to the westward, contains a view of the village of Succultcra, and 

 the sacred groves in that part of the Baroche Purgunna; with the costume 

 of the natives. 



LXX. 



A Brahmin Woman of Distinction in Guzerat. 



This drawing was taken from a brahmin female of high rank, who 

 could not, from religious prejudice, drink water drawn by a woman of 

 inferior caste. There is a grace and dignified air peculiar to these women, 

 arising from the simple custom of carrying jars of water upon the head; 

 sometimes two or three are placed on each other. A Hindoo temple and 

 Ficus Indica in the distant view. 



