. The three presidencies of India: a history of the rise and progress of the British Indian possessions, from the earliest records to the present time. With an account of their government, religion, manners, customs, education, etc., etc. Illustrated by numerous engravings, and a map by Wyld . uences, the height of their enjoyment, ^11 that theyvalue, is a carouse at the festival of some repulsive deity, or their mid-day gossip and hookah Avith the heads of their village under the coolshade of a banyan-tree. Home duties and domestic happiness arewords without meaning in their ears; their wives
. The three presidencies of India: a history of the rise and progress of the British Indian possessions, from the earliest records to the present time. With an account of their government, religion, manners, customs, education, etc., etc. Illustrated by numerous engravings, and a map by Wyld . uences, the height of their enjoyment, ^11 that theyvalue, is a carouse at the festival of some repulsive deity, or their mid-day gossip and hookah Avith the heads of their village under the coolshade of a banyan-tree. Home duties and domestic happiness arewords without meaning in their ears; their wives and daughters haveno social status, no education; they are simply necessary pieces ofhuman furniture for the physical uses of man, and whose sole destinyis to raise families, to boil rice, and finally to die. There is perhaps less difference in the food of the various classesthan in any other respect. With all castes vegetables form the basisof their cookery, though some of the lower orders iu large towns arenot careful to abstain from eating flesh. Amongst the rural populationthere is little to be met with beyond a coarse unleavened bread madefrom various fine grains, with a few boiled vegetables, roots, a little oilor ghee made from bufialoe* uulk, and perhaps a dash of some sort of. A HXXDOO spice and a little salt. In the southern states of the peninsula riceforms a more prominent feature in their cookery; whilst to the northand north-west, flesh, whether of animals or birds, is more commonlyemployed in various ways. In the towns a far greater variety of food is eaten, and generallywith more regard to taste and indulgence. In the vicinity of the riversfish abounds, and forms a staple article of daily food. The use ofintoxicating drinks is chiefly confined to laige communities, thoughamongst the Rajpoot tribes opium is used to a large extent. The most INDIAN HOUSES. 415 common indulgence of nearly all classes is a mixture of betel and areca,aromatic pungent articles,
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