PIRATE y .
ROWANNY BEARERS, OR. CHAIRMEN,
' QCTE^jO^ ^ B'PATNA BEARERS j3,y E0 R,OPEANS
T ii ^ LhaiLjtgn i ailed, mjtludia, 1] ldnkeenyji|] likc^t he’ s.cdaii
the frgntfpnd
part utlujAjbdn^iyj; Adiol^^cdn&.t-ibgut four, feetdn? length*
rods. Tbei:§;|a45&/aJsb^A|her palankeens
'jor{ litters,„in, peoplej-sit with their, legs’rettteffded. having;their
hack supporte'diby a?boaid,,drid pillows,|„Tfi^b^ei§(,are 'Hindoos,
and^are .hire.d in s^is ,o|;s|^, eight)(teii, ,and,t>jjel,yf(., lout of these being
afways employed under ,the bjm'bqp; thej^h|rsjjpiipiTig,J).y the side
O.filhe palankeen to relieke their partners5; and^ihr-jthis manner they will
^gO'to a.CQhsi&erabJe.di^ang.e*»^ the ifl/egoffifoip- gpd five- miles a$
$our. j^||||[u3 p'jo^s ‘of.Indja the» heai 1 bearer" takesyoharge of his
^masters,apparel, .tMfeyjs whjtch hang-bejbre .him ieyii|ek|i’|t' part of
his .ciffi.ce, whilst t® others are employed abdut^ffi^;,house, and in
cultivatingdields aid graideps-; They are, remarkably honest,,and the’
utmost xonfidenee is placed in them. '