Cochin-'
china. opened b y the spade, nor does i t require more moisture
than the usual rains and dews supply, neither of which
is frequent at the season of its Vegetation, Rice is of still
more importance to this people, here, than bread is to
Europeans, as the former require* with th at grain, a very
trifling .relish of spites, oil, or animal food. T h eir p rin cipal
indulgence is in spiritaous liquors, tobacco, ax-eca
©nt, and betel k a f; o f the two .last articles, mixed with
a little paste o f lime and # atery they a re extravagantly
fond. These ingredients are obtained a t easyxates,;
being produced upon the spot. JPescsdaffi-of both sexes,
and of all ranks, ehew th e areea nut with betel, and
smoke tobacco. A silken feag, suspended from the
girdle, containing those ingrediearts in separate divisions
, constitutes a necessary part of dress. Every man,
who can afford it, is attended :by a tervaiitti whose
office is to follow- Ms master with his apparatus for
smoking. T he gentleman carries only arsmall ®asev»r
purse, for h is areCa nut and betel, generally; slung over
his shoulder, with an ornamented riband hangingdown
to his waist. Portraits o f these are ijelineated in Plate
No. 16.
T he custom o f smoking-, to w hich th e men a re more
addicted tha® the women, affords a sort of occupation
that prevents the irksomeness-of total inaction, without
requiring exertion -or occasioning fetTgras. I t is, there-?
fore, often -preferred to tuore msdful, but laborious employmfira^^
oU.A^ae^ty^^as^f^aWeffQrta. made} under,
pa yd «an|a.n oirhum.sta,nM% i^fe^^^^^pS8iSla^Bka0SOjSg j
- j^hile^the: y am gjh employed
-iuj:domestic|ip,ceiapad©ilu§d9iiin;'i^I®^^1lrs ’df asgyi^S^ylre.
Tn yptyw^|fel^^^y^fraqu4nfam as agents or
TEQHVrforsefgn t cou!n^ieft,j liv'itegnW-iit^-tfemyt
the same ;v and, 4
ihfy>Miet4rrfe^arkabkit)fot; vfthf&knfede^itp^b < Cqs^cublaa^
was supposed (^bc^bfddshppq'ur, j * apck
there j i s e i j wi d i f f e r e n c e in the morals of the
{T^KA^QK'^esiffln diflu&h<3jf
fee t\ve t n tfrhfyyi \es.^Ap|)0^clH<ih^llc,s^{gI-ati;ig • ftVyAi die
dfesl^fo^fbothr werej.nefariy ,,©f jjfeffl^ipi^&Tjias.A^hQy
^o^sisteds^e^p^^W^e^yppltf the
neefo and,foldingovjer-thefb^agjtv with lai g@ >1 o ri gtdc^’esi"
e©;ve;ringKfehd fh^ndS;<!i People; plc^anl^ ».acMlv^the
ladies,j-wor;e,.several of tbf^pguw®Ls;f/‘»tyj^wei] the-
The underm©stri^aohyi|-i:hpyf groutti;-4I thevi® :f© i^ ig
^es/twer^Carii'- shorter than’ ^M§tHtfp^|ately .undent.
iTbeyow^e ;,oftent-jqf -(j^fore^tf ^l^Wirth^j di.#tey»®f
which made, a? gaudy appearance; as thetjw;eafer5,walked
alonglj }Linen| v^aspot; ; known &luQfig#nfhem-:iThoy
had, next the skindy^tsi.gndvtfnwis^of-sligh^silk at
eottbu-.!- o-Turbahs were -#<eqOen tly :;^Oj:nthyt}thy?iae‘Ui;
and l^i#^»s^m.etiih,^ss d|%#tbepW}®yiexi'! bus^neyart caps»-
The mosttfiehJy ^res^^iielfehQFj-s.e®- itsed^fshoes. ■ rj
IfintheddrMsTdf theycEmfop^afi^ uofijiifxgjraifitfacted
Y im ,