1 ^ WAV OF FA8S1N6 TUCKr
2 Is little' or no funiiture, exc^ a coarse wooUen carp^. and tomi^
3 pieces of felt * to sit on.
4 Tlie licrilooraunees, indeed, sit on low beds, wiili bottoms of
5 leather or of cord, and the people in towns have often hrruid benches
6 raised round the room (which they call sopha or buleh), hut the
7 general praetice is to <5it on the ground. When men are at their ease#
8 they sit cross ieggc<i, or put their legs into any attitude that is
9 agreeable to them ; but when there is the least ceremony, they sit
10 In a more formal position, which b assumed by the person's kneeling^
11 and thfln dnkiiig bade on hu lieela> ao that hu legs are tucked under
12 lBiii« and eompletdj concealed by the ddrts of bis tunic. Thu wbj
13 pi fitting is intolerable to au Eonipean^ but tbe joints of Asistics are
14 BO supple^ thst ahbougli tbdr legs aie pressed qnite flat on tba
15 ground^ ytk they remain in lliis posture wHfaont inoonvenienee |br
16 ivboledajs.
17 Tlieir oiidinaij employment* wben seated. Is conyeisutioii, wbA
18 every noir and then a odleeBun is passed round for smoking^ simL
19 ifte^ a wbiff or two, Is smt away. Hie common cutteeann in AjPr
20 ghauilistaim is made of eSrtihen wate, and shaped like a very bttiad
21 bottle with a wide neck. People in - better circumstances haYe.lbenr.
22 of various shapes, made of glass, or more frequently of pewter»'otlMl»
23 ttented with flowers, &c in brass. Tliis is filled with water, and twd
24 Ornamented wooden pipes are intiodnoed into it, one of them is per-
25 pendicular, and has at the top a cup containing tobacco and charcoal:
26 the other ri^.the month-piece from which the smoke is mhalecU afict
27 • As I shall have ficqiMnt doeHion to mehtraD Am wrt afMt, it i»m be amfwloit
28 to (lescrilx- it ouci- for nil. It is niaJe of wrxil (generally of tlmt wliicli Is shorn off the
29 cMplfit, carpets, and other wooUen mann&ctum). It is made hj the women, who wet the
30 i^tlpl, and theo worit it np, rolling it ow and kneading it with their lMad% tQl it aamimea
31 • consistency : it is then spredd iMt to the .size required, and when finished, is from a
32 qoartfr to half an inch Jhick, and is soft and pliant: that worn by the people is much
33 thimer. The QommoD colours are gr^ and black, but thoee used ia the houces of the
34 lidi^ fdiidi «M cf a dowtasnin^ an of a U^ht brawn, oimiiMntod wittpMsliarpsttenM
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