. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . forded of the inveterate nature of the prejudice entertained by thepeople of the mountains against personal cleanliness; and yet the Puharies (as thehill people are called), though, perliaps, not equal in mental capacity to the inhabi-tants of the plains, exhibit no want of intelligence, and are easily made to comprehendthe means of procurin
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . forded of the inveterate nature of the prejudice entertained by thepeople of the mountains against personal cleanliness; and yet the Puharies (as thehill people are called), though, perliaps, not equal in mental capacity to the inhabi-tants of the plains, exhibit no want of intelligence, and are easily made to comprehendthe means of procuring for themselves additional comforts to their scanty stock : butthere is one quality essentially necessary to render them agreeable to European visitors—which is unteachable ; and that is. cleanliness ! Dirt, and all its odious concomitants, appear to give zest to the existence of thePuharie; and thus, while strangers pause to admire the picturesque appearance of theirvillages, the ingenuity displayed in the construction of the houses, and the convenientarrangement of some of the interiors, they are deterred from anything approaching toclose contact either to men or dwellings, by the vermin and horrible smells that invariablyaccompany both. 5Siml.
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