Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland . XXXVII BELUCH MARRIAGE 403 When once the body is laid in its place of rest,dried sweet-scented rose leaves are spread over itin profusion, and then the grave is filled up withstones and plastered with mud. The channelbetween the two chambers is filled entirelvwith stones, and the upper chamber entirelywith earth. Some few of the graves I saw had fallenthrough, but most were in excellent preservationand appeared to be well looked after by thepeople. That the Beluch are provident peoplewe had palpable proof in t
Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland . XXXVII BELUCH MARRIAGE 403 When once the body is laid in its place of rest,dried sweet-scented rose leaves are spread over itin profusion, and then the grave is filled up withstones and plastered with mud. The channelbetween the two chambers is filled entirelvwith stones, and the upper chamber entirelywith earth. Some few of the graves I saw had fallenthrough, but most were in excellent preservationand appeared to be well looked after by thepeople. That the Beluch are provident peoplewe had palpable proof in this cemetery, whereone saw several graves ready for likely futureoccupants. Another Mesjid, a circular one seven feet indiameter, was further to be noticed to the north-east of the graveyard. It had yellow marblepillars of sugar-loaf and cylindrical shapes andwas enclosed by a neat stone wall. A Beluch marriage is a practical businesstransaction by which a girl fetches more or lessmoney, camels or horses, according to herpersonal charms, beauty, and social women,
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