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filled your bellies famously, In the same way shall it be taken from 
you (even) by blows (i. e. should you refuse), 
The time having at length arrived at which the marriage procession 
is to set out, the attendants proceed to array the bridegroom in his 
marriage garments, which, as will be seen from the following list, are 
sufficiently numerous. 
On his feet he has shoes of embroidered velvet. His pazjamas or 
loose trowsers are composed of kimkhab, and under these he has a 
dhotz of yellow silk. 
As an under vest or garment he has a jamd of cotton cloth, trim- 
med with silver lace, and dyed of a yellowish red colour (kesdria). 
Over this jama he has an embroidered vest, studded with pearls, (jer- 
réka jdma,) and over this again a girdle ornamented in the same way. 
The panarth, a sort of long handkerchief, is tied to his girdle, and 
thrown over his shoulder, to enable him to keep the dust from his eyes, 
or wipe it off should any find access thereto. On his head he has the 
mor*, or marriage chaplet, which is richly ornamented with pearls 
and gold embroidery, and is supposed to resemble the helmet of Kanuya, 
with its plume of peacock’s feathers. 
His eyelids are stained with kajul or lamp-black, his feet and hands 
with mehndit, and-on his feet, hands, arms, and neck, he wears a 
Pethya of a Rant, for instanee (see Appendix, B.) comprises all sorts of grain, 
Spices, sauces, &c. and that sine qua non of Indian life, shirnt or sweetmeats. 
The fondness of all classes, highand low, men, women, and children, for these said 
sweetmeats is to us quite marvellous. I have been assured, that some Brahmans 
will eat a 100 balls of Jaddu (sugar, ghee, and pounded gram) at a sitting! ! There 
is a curious character of an “‘ eating Brahman,’’ a ‘‘ grand gourmand,’’ in the 
Hind Theatre.” 
* It has a curious sort of veil in front, formed of gold threads, hanging loosely 
from the head to the breast, which is intended to protect the wearer from the 
“epil eye.’ A belief in demonology and witchcraft prevails’ throughout Hindi- 
stan. As acurious instance of “ public opinion’? among the Jats on this subject, 
I may relate the following anecdote, told me by a very respectable native of 
Bharatpur. In 1815-16, the Bharatpur Raja, Ranpu1R SinGu, had an interview 
with Lord Hastings at Futtehpur Sikri, and was received by that distinguished 
nobleman with his usual kindness and affability. The Raja was highly pleased 
with the interview, but happening in the course of the ‘next year to lose his eye- 
sight, by an attack of ophthalmia, some of the people about him, who from the’ 
first had endeavoured to dissuade him from meeting the Governor General, gave 
out that his blindness was the effect of ‘ witchcraft ’”’ practised on him by Lord 
H. during the interview, and this tale was generally believed throughout the 
Bharatpur Raj !! 
+ Every one has witnessed the beautiful vermilion dye which the natives ex- 
tract from this plant, It is considgred as essential an ornament by Hindi and 
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