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out a mark from them on the legs : this is chiefly owing to their bad 
treatment; they only apply a piece of wax to the wound, which is 
never changed till it falls oflp ; cleanliness is indeed no quality of 
an Arab, either in his person or habitation. The part of his dress, 
which is concealed, is rarely changed till it is worn out ; and it was 
a work of the greatest difficulty to force the servants to keep even 
the British factory free from accumulations of nuisances in every 
part. The form is gone through, every morning, of sweeping a 
path across the square from the Dola's house to his stables ; yet, at 
the same time, a dunghill is formed under his windows by the 
filth thrown out from his Zenana, so extremely offensive, as often to 
induce the Europeans to take a circuit to avoid it. 
The Arabs, when very young, have an expressive, but mild 
countenance, and a pleasing eye. As they become men, the change 
is very disadvantageous ; their figures are not good, and the beard 
is generally scanty ; but, in advanced age, their appearance is truly 
venerable. The fine dark eye is then admirably contrasted by the 
long white beard, and the loose drapery prevents the meagre figure 
from being observed. The few women, who were visible, had 
rather pretty countenances, but in contrast to the males, their legs 
were of an astonishing thickness. An exchange, in this respect, 
would be greatly to the advantage of both parties. 
The food of the Arabians of inferior rank is a coarse grain 
raised in the country, juwarry, ghee, dates, and, on the sea coast, 
fish, which is procurable, in any quantity, with very little trouble. 
The higher orders occasionally add some mutton or beef, boiled to 
rags, arid on festivals, a little pilau. The cawa, made from the 
husk of the coffee berry, is drank by most of them several times a 
