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3 dreMf when they come out ; and, as tiiey arc then gt^nerally on hors^
4 back, they weai a pair of large white cottttn Ixjots, which hide the,
5 shape of their legs. They also travel in c a |a\\ as (or hampers, one
6 on each side of a camel), which are lon^' ( nou^'li to allow a womwi io
7 lie nearlv at length ; but, as they arc coveictl \Mth a case of broad-
8 cloth, they must be suffocating in hot weailu r. The women are al-
9 lowed to go about the town \ t iled in tlie manner I have described,
10 and they form a considerable p:irt of all the crowds that gatlu r to see
11 spectacles. Thev also make parties to gardens ; and, though more
12 scrupulously concealed, are not much more confined than women in
13 India. On the whole, their conditiua is veij^ Iki troni Ik ing un happy,
14 compared w uh that ol the women of the neighbouring countries.
15 In the country they go unveiled, and are under no other restraint
16 among people of their own camp or village, than what is imposed
17 by the general opinion, that it is indecent to associate with the men*
18 But ihey innmeduitdy eover didr fimiB, if tiiey lee •'insn wA whom
19 ihey ore not intimatei mnd iddom oome into the pnbKcapaitnientQf
20 tfadrlMUMif if Ifaflro b a stranger thwe. Thief do nott ham&m,
21 itsnd on ihia emmooj with Aimomatta» Pendapw,or Hindoos^ ^trlioni
22 iSbof conttt tat nothing. Thejr receive gueata wbon- their husband
23 era fiom home^ and tmt them with dl the attentioii theft Is veqiiiied
24 by hospitality % but, Ae c^iaati^ €>f the ooontiy women,, and- padkv-
25 Iffdy of ihoie of the shepherdst if a theme pf piaiie to aU-peoplfr«o-
26 qtu^nftedwith their nunnen. Thei^ are no cooinion proaCittitai
27 flompt in the towns, and Teiy tew even there* pntioalailjr In the
28 weet It is reckoned very disreputable to fiequent* them ; . but,, their
29 knowledge of the world, die polish of theur mannenii and the arts they
30 use to attract admiration, afibrd so much interest and vari^, thai all
31 the ktkude allowed in wives and concubines, is insuffidceA-to |Mrei>«i
32 ndinicn from seeking their socieQr.
33 Ism not sure that then is iBijpeopke in the East, ausept the
34 ^baims, where I hm seen my trace of the sentiment of love, according
35 to our ideas of the passion. Here it is very prevalent. Besides the
36 mmerous eluftements, the daageis of which are encouatewd far kyf%
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