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being the duty of all, it Is not regarded ao tlie 

 particular duty of either, and, confequently, 

 3s apt to be left trnheeded. Each, being idle 

 and inadive, waits for another to ftep be- 

 fore hiiTi, when any thing is called for ; 

 and, although you have a crowd of fervants 

 round you, it is difficult to obtain what you 

 want. 



The females are, ufually, of ere£t fi- 

 gure, and . ftately carriage, but they move in 

 all the languor of the climate. They ap- 

 pear without fhoes and ftockings, in a 

 fliort white jacket, and a thin fliort petti- 

 coat. They vrear a white turban on the 

 head ; but the neck and flioulders are left bare. 

 Silence is not efteemed a neceflary qua- 

 lification among them, for they often join, 

 with great freedom, and a fad drawling accent, 

 in the converfation of the table. This will 

 appear to you but little confiftent with the 

 referve and abjed forbearance of llaveryj 

 but it is the confequence of the public fitu- 

 ation in vv^hich thefe women are placed, and 

 the familiarity that Is commonly ufed towards 

 them by 'ft rangers— to any, or all of whora 



