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projecls generally beyond the lower one, in confequence of its being 

 furnifhed with a wooden verandah, which commonly runs along 

 both fides, and is made of fir plank in ftrong pannels, ornamented 

 with flowers and figures of Hindu deities, amongll which -Ganesa is 

 molt, frequently reprefented. There- is no lock, boiti or 1'at'ch to the 

 doors, but in onQ door-poll a fquare hole is cut, through which a rope 

 is ( part:, that ties a dog to it who guards the entry with: fidelity. His 

 collar is Of wood like a yoke collar, and a Hick is tied to' it j and hkewife 

 tolhg rope which holds him to the door. 



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Malabi is inhabited by a clafs of people who call them felves 

 Rajput tl but. appear to pay little Attention to call. : The poorer clafe 

 off. inhabitants of the frontier eat raw meat with a little pepper and 

 fait as fcafonkig; which we had an opportunity of feeing; for, the leg 

 of a goat being thrown away in confequence of being tainted, the coolies 

 Inftantly feized it, and made apparently a favoury meal from it. Both 

 inen and women are rather -of loW:ftature, but not ill made, and have 

 Something of the Tartar countenance mixed with that of the Hindu, 



They drefs in coarfe -woollen cloth made from the fleece of their own 



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Iheep, and of thofe of Butan. The women alone weave, fitting on the 

 ground, and are very induftrious and expert. In five days, with a very 

 fimple apparatus, a woman will weave a piece of cloth about lS inches 

 broad and 15 cubits long. This is called a Pankhi. Some of them are flat, 

 but others are twilled and very ftrong. They are worn without rjeing 

 bleached or dyed. The proportion of females feems much greater 

 than the male#.; This may be accounted for by part of the male popu- 

 lation being taken by the NepaUfe i for their arm f, and by another part 

 being engaged rin going from the upper to the lower hilly diftrict, to 

 fdi fait and bring back grain* The drefs of both wm and women is 



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