1 eAjawmmtjaoL
2 particular reveranoe. Ihmy detest fiih, but kuM no oliMr vam^l 'mpvat,
3 •Kting alfln b«eC«MiMeii» taM^s icib, aad anjr thing daa tliigr ctn gpt
4 TlioaiilithesrIiMn wBoMkm onaU dayi ^riwn tiwjr plcMp, yil ihtffB
5 certain fixed festivals, wfaidi prevail ni— (gifae Caumojes of CwiWijhMlfcy WBd
6 which MooHali Niijeeb thinks may be general. Some of these are remark-
7 able, bt!t nmic resembles any festival that I am aoqnainted with, except one,
8 at which the Caulirb throw (ufies at each other, a» the Hindoos do a sort ot'
9 powder duriog the Uooly.
10 Tlw ftttmda am «Aen «ooMB|Mnii«a iriili mwmiBet, and ihv^vptli »
11 ftMt$ tttonetlieiio^liglittoMteiif nantof pincb md CH17 then bafinp
12 coe of the idal% where they tluow Umb doim and aUnv M
13 ' another the wt)men hide themselves without the ^nllage, and the men search
14 for them ; when found, the women defend tJiemselves with switches, but
15 are finally earned off by the men. Some said that any wuuiau who came to
16 bond was carried 4)ff by may mao, but MooUah Nujeeb, irom luodesty, did
17 iBot queation tbam «n ti»a auhject
18 ^Bieirntiiereeieinonieaaaa Iwa rnnmatBtl nMnajyon. AttheWithef
19 n A3d|t it is earned with its mother to a house built for the purpose without
20 the village ; they remain there for twenty-four days, durinc^ wliich time tlie
21 mother is rcrk-nnefl imptrre ; and there is a simiiar hoiise t'ov other women to
22 inhabit during certam periods, when the Cautirs reckon them impure. At
23 the expiration of the twenty-four days, both nutther and child are bathed,
24 andeaniadhMk irididancfa«andanMietothe vOl^ Whan the child la
25 «• be named, kia held at ila aaoihci^a bfeast^ while the natnea efiteanoaatiMi
26 we repealed to it, and they give it the nanoe, at which it hi|giaa to suck. *
27 The age of marriage is from twenty to tliirty for the men, and fifteen or
28 sixteen for the women. The cereinoiu l;egins bv the intended bridegroom
29 sending some tine clothes of cotton ornamented witii wofbied (tiie manufac-
30 ture of the A%haun country), with some ornaments to the proposed bnde.
31 HealieaendathanwftBrialaftrnftaattethegM'aftthatand har aiblkM»
32 liMt«igfat k i|iantln ftaaling^ and on the nnil, the |0W a
33 avho ia draned in the ineiy he hea givan to her. Tbe Atfaar adda * aSk
34 * The coouBon names at Canrodaiah were CbutKUoo, Deemoo, Han«r Metrnk, BoaUe, aad
35 Budeti. The name* of ceruin men at Tiokooee were GorrumbaiM, Auur, Dooruuat PramJieoIla,
36 GcBMcrak, Kootokt, Oodoor, Knmmer, and Zore. Thoae of uriiis wnmm wcr Mifwifcifg J»-
37 UtOw, Mwlte Ptami Jtaakt, Zom ftwHwfcB, Malkeg, andilluM ThsBMarfarMW
38 jtXMttsMrwm'MIisii^Oivai^aadJIaawr* wdsf ww.w-wa Iniawi