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roofs after the Chinese fashion, which gives them a singular but pleasing 

 appearance. The pitch of these roofs is great, being formed of either 

 two or four concave surfaces joined at the summit and diverging down 

 to the walls, where they project horizontally three or four feet into eaves. 

 The walls are generally built of wood and stone without any cement, and 

 they look substantial. Between every two or three feet of stone is 

 placed a thick plank of fir, and thus stone and wood are employed in all 

 their domestic buildings. There are a couple of temples on the left 

 bank of the Parba bult entirely of wood of the cedar (Keloo). They 

 are elaborately carved and stand upon square platforms of stone raised 

 three feet above the ground. Their roofs are pyramidal and project 

 beyond the walls, like those of Chinese buildings. All around the edges 

 or eaves are suspended wooden drops neatly carved and so loosely hung 

 that they rattle in every breeze. Their interiors as well as exteriors are 

 also richly carved and decorated with figures of deities. 



45. The natives of Sookeyt, Mundee, and Kooloo, have sallow com- 

 plexions and appear to be the same race of men as the inhabitants of 

 Bushair. In fact many of the coolies employed in carrying baggage 

 between Simla and Kalka are men from these states, who are attracted 

 there by the very extravagant rate of wages, which average one anna a 

 day in their own districts, but from four to six annas on the left bank of 

 the Sutlej. The men are generally tall and strong, but few of them 

 are handsome. Many of the young women are pretty, but at the age of 

 20 or 25 become coarse and stout. The dress of both sexes is nearly 

 the same. It consists of a drab-colored woollen frock, trowsers of the 

 same, or of leather, and a flat skull cap, generally black, with sandals 

 made of coarse grass. The woollen cloth called "puttoo" is manufac- 

 tured by themselves and resembles thick coarse blanketing. It is sold 

 in pieces of 10 inches in width and about 21 feet in length at 2 Rs. 

 8 as. or 3 Rs. a piece, according to the quality. Both sexes wear a 

 girdle around the waist, and the men generally go bare-legged during 

 the hot weather. They seldom if ever, wear shoes, the richer classes 

 however wear worsted stockings and shoes when they go out. The 

 women instead of the cap sometimes have a colored piece of cloth tied 

 round the head, and occasionally twist their hair into one long plait, the 

 end of which is then ornamented with slips of colored cloth or shreds of 

 worsted. The plait is by no means unbecoming to the young. The 



