. William H. Seward's travels around the world. A HINDOO GIRLS-SOHOOL. 329 their arms, their wrists, their ankles, and their toes, were loadedwith ornaments of silver, gold, pearls, and precious stones. A val-uation made at our request, of a set of ornaments worn by a childof six years, gave the figure of three hundred pounds sterling!The prettiest costume of all was worn by a daughter of the con-verted Hindoo matron of the institution—a green satin vest, lowat the neck, small short sleeves trimmed with gold lace; whiteskirt over which was wound a long, full, rose-colored scarf; thenecklace, e
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. A HINDOO GIRLS-SOHOOL. 329 their arms, their wrists, their ankles, and their toes, were loadedwith ornaments of silver, gold, pearls, and precious stones. A val-uation made at our request, of a set of ornaments worn by a childof six years, gave the figure of three hundred pounds sterling!The prettiest costume of all was worn by a daughter of the con-verted Hindoo matron of the institution—a green satin vest, lowat the neck, small short sleeves trimmed with gold lace; whiteskirt over which was wound a long, full, rose-colored scarf; thenecklace, ear-rings, and nose-rings, of gold coins. From the osten-tatious display of jewels, we inferred that the children had richparents. But we soon learned that these ornaments constitute theentire fortune and estate of the wearer. Banks, stocks, and otherinstitutions for the investment of capital, are little known or under-stood by the Hindoos. The children answered, some in the Tamil dialect, others inthe Telugu, others in the Hindostanee, Bible
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