jialAis. of handiffe>^ tftëx>fpré^ai3p3tedi then anakàigLâ soient,
oiWlöw bow. I t ÏS; here that :tbe .di^tnA:tiQös !of rank are i peculiarly
îobsér vatjleii. a person : of i<a -lower; cMssyr ori". meeting this * superior,
almost throws - himsèlf' «prostrate ; -before . him, andl.;rëpeats
bià ; .nam® i ahid Equality ôffcyu djfferjent : way§ p/WhUe| the superior, ;
staffing vp^tt. with the : most iunbendingi. jgrteèitÿ coif:/ features,:
scarcely ûei^ii^ïlttiet ^liÿltgsti î®db! in '-tefcur® ja I
|jThé -.'natives5 >öf Cejfen' aTe tame fcohtiiienf awitjb oÉ&pecfen to :
wbmenbithan the; other ' Asiatic onations ; andjdhèir owótnerij are;
treated'With mbckmoré jattenfeion.. ? A KSêylonèse i tvKoniaiv scaxce-^
lÿ Ievferbt <j>xperpjèncès; ' th e i tBeatmedt bf .* a b slavey bdt.uskclookesl
upon by her hh&band, ndorerafiteit «the; E u ro p e a n . manner, as a
Wife?" and a ; companion? Thêsé> tmlts- may; «pemfpeæy iteecmsist*
ait: ; withorthatodiceatious '::e©taipB'<tó among; liBes^exes^mbioblp
soî icpntraryrito^iâteiatie .'enstôKis and ideas, aùd;;whidho has rpte**
tailed from; time a immemorial in tJm/driaiid^OiMriaiKBox hal
drawn 'kti picture of their total disregard to chastity, or any
botmls tousgxml dntercourseii irhichalnarî estr&nelÿj abhteenh
to- afehe Measomofclnnlyfeoftan Asiatiejïiteftt bsièuiijfe© ffcifiiiha«
bitantsc oïi the most dissolute imét*bp»h® A Euhaptó : aan4 jfirom
my own' Observations among the Carigïèse, î$pi3$iiI8i Élice/aC*
eounta whicbovlofdmld ' i obtaimibf;-i^ é iÇandiaaaSi d -à® SSin-
vinced that int every ifew hastâUeés e^ggerated (theic
licentiousness.
f A Oinglesel husband is .not i in the: smallest. idfgrOeoJealOa^ of
hix wife, and is rather ambitious to display rhêy -t&f|h.Ot puMio
éye:#< -$forv isi^beqpartionlariyiiiioffendeà at! hér ii^delity toiibim».
unlesstshe be caught inhthehfaot; inawhiiGlyfflseh é ; thinks himh
self entitledr^ta i exercise i the: -rights of andAsiatiq, husband., ffltfc
infringement 01' chastity! sfcarcdy subjects .a woman either martied
ór>* unmarried hó Hhe Slightest' reproaoh',' unless indeed they
happen, to fhavbhc®me3É&[ With one* Of Aa lower cast; an act
which'ï^"looked^ubtjtf as thé^ifery excess infamy. Among-
-the ©andians in* particular/ this only distinctipn of!moral" turpitude,
.'Which ;i§Ö'Sdl worthy o f® bWlbarous'^lMion,. s • carried
todtbm highest jjritchd Evfetf arifoaah' will ■ sóOrellyS ventured to
, marry a .Woniah -oiriêWiferiar rank/hori wouldlflfe-King allow Of
i t Without , exacting ai! large -fine a woman is never known
to;foKdP a ^connexion below/ihënlbwu-. sphere, as'.it would disgrace
her ih'the* eylsV&f *tihe world dfot ever. ''"With p'eoplèrof
their'own rank,-’ohl the ‘.ecMtraryi^the 'most unbounded commerce
tS’ 'carried!) bn 'iir private ;>dnd ib is by lio4’ mfeahs oüncommorr,
‘^fibr iSttendefd With'any disgrace, for .'the .nearest relations Mo
•have connexionhwitb eUch other.-'*"
P Amon^'-the*’ CilfglesilWthë'i distinction of rank has indeed be-
"'■guh <to "be "lêss .strietly “’attèü’ddf tp ; but without any' better
mduridary^beilig estabMhed^4n its* plaice. A mbthen makes ino
scruple of dfèjibsftig 6f her daughter's- J föf’Ours for.- a small, sum
tomny^oné? Ihat'Tdésirés 'them. Théy are particularly -fond o f -
•forining "such'1eomnecfions«1,with Europeans ; and;; instead ofo accounting
it. any repreiahb,1 a mother 'in quarrelling with any? óf
her neighbours, “will?sil'eicë'> th em ' at- dncfe; on the score; ofi-^her
’Superior dignity, by telling * them that her daughter has had the
honour do lie with an " European. Ey.e^^óhlën> o ^ th e higliest
i’ank do not think 'themselves'»1-degraded'"' by . having s Gonnex-ion *
witk Europeans," and'are not ashamed to becsèen rby#*them>in'
public. This forms a!‘remarkable Contrast withuthe Mahometan
women of the cöntiftÉSi^ Who Wotdd think ’themselves^ disgraced
and polluted if-any of "their features we^e even by accident discovered
to a;‘.stranger.
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