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2 DSSSS AND ORNAMENTS OF THE MEH
3 bufctoM, wttb ocwwpoBdiiig loopsi thenfiper tmictt gmndlj'fnada
4 of Bome oortlj but plain material: a ituff called Ooniiiilct made cf
5 fiamd'i htkf and geneiallj of amne ahade of browiit ia oamBaon; aa
6 IB' doth o£ fltvong dark odoured oDttaib fialiii» alunrU and/Penun
7 liroGMie arc also worn ; ami for fiiU dress, they have very magnificent
8 timiGS <^ doth of gold. The shawl round the waiitr is of a lund sel*
9 dom seen either in India or in England, it is long and narrow (about
10 a fisot and a half broad), and is wrought all over. As the price oC
11 shawla.dqiends on the ^pHntity of work in them» it is of course verjF
12 expensive; a good one can scarcely' be purchased under j^l^O. of
13 £200, The shawl round the. head, is the kind worn by ladiet in
14 Ellwand, and by all rich people in India. The shawls worn for tunica
15 are made for the purpose, and sold in pieces ; they are covered with
16 small flowers on a coloured ground. The mantle is of the same kind
17 of shawl, with very large flowers, such as are seen on the borders of
18 Indian sliawls. It is also made of all the other materials already men-
19 tioned, which vary with the season : in summer a single robe of ]\gh%
20 silk is enough, and in winter the mantle is often lined and trinime4
21 with expensive furs. When thev travel, tliey generally wear broad
22 cloth, and then they are always in boots, which are of the same kind
23 through all ranks, viz. high, with a peak and tassel in front of the
24 knee, made of very strong brown leather, witli imnow heels shod
25 wirli uon. The rich, however, sometimes i^ve Uiem of green or
26 black shagreen li atli< r. ' ' •
27 • It was formui ly a regulation, th^ no no})leman should appear at
28 Court, unless in cloth of gold. That ibrm is now dispensed with ;
29 but every niau must be in bouts, and wear a sword ; and thoi>ti on
30 whom tlic King has conferred the privilege, must wear au ornament
31 of jewels on the right side of the turban, surmounted by a high plume
32 of the feathers of a kind of Egret. This bird is found only in Cash-
33 meer : ai\d the feathers are carefully collected for the King, who
34 bestows them on his iioUes, The gnly other ornaments they wear,
35 either of gold or Jewels, are about their swocds, daggers, and plstolsi
36 Hie sword is of the Persian ftknn^ wbidi is woro'aU orer tbe west.
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