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Show A Bft AHMl'SCCOuiT OF HIS ' v cowy; ' " ' Tns Rcvi 3itry Oanggo'o!y,.a couvcrlcd ! Brahmin,, recedtty traveling itf thiscbun-tryi!deliverc,d thiscbun-tryi!deliverc,d ja fecture Irr jNcw BcdfOrd,' on the rnanncrs and customs of -his' coud-ttyi't coud-ttyi't -, ' ." :Hesaidith Hindoos were divided into thlrt y-four castes; tjf which the Brahmin reached, the hlghcst,"and the ljajiker, goldemith; and shocniatcr'were- jambng tlio' lowest: ThbOilacksmith Is of. a high rjasteljecaseVbf his WefolocSsi l3f a Bralimin : eats : Anirahl food,; ho loses his caste; wiilch hof.cart' never regaln.' The subject of birth 'was next treated;' -This birth of lasaalo-child ras always. made the oecaitoff of great, rejoicing, while the b'.rtlt of a female child Was hardly noticed; The triothcr &f Ete"r six glrls.was always the-subject of scorn .and derision, and never '.wcnt.lato society;.' -y- AJ'tfp "Thcrp'. were buV tbr.pastcsJn Iudia thfttcOnld not rcadflrwrite; v The strictest, strict-est, attehtidh Is given'. to the' education of boys in India? whilo gtrla never go ' tb 8001,; Tho dfsclplineiof iBrahmin life In BOtno' iristances, was irrrind. A Brahmin rlscsl;as arly a as.'five q'cloclf.twaiks'rjut and? gathers" flowers, and. bathes before th'c sari.riscs;' if "the :sunTscc one Of this clasi in lfcd,ftho';fourtcen 'geVcratiqns of his ancestors will be punished inytcrnity.. Women mustbathe every morijitfg beforb they go Jhtd th'e'litc1ien;1f , they do n'b pcoplo'will nuVcat their; eboking; JJrah-' rnlns must keep IIcntVhiIe, at' the table; if they speak'hlle eatiug.they are obllgca to go without food the entire jlay; ccSbS whit marriage; are. .Neltlie'r? titf boys ndr-tb'4' girls 'havb;anytIiIngUbdb!with this1 raalten Tarenls make1 all to'atcm:?,; and' the?piirtlc.,lvVi'rio" Idea to who'nt they arc' to imltc tlHir.aeitinles' nritil.tbey arrive at . the : alfftrVThdfniaiTiagcahlo' age of girls Is front seven tb ten, and that of boys frbm ithlrteen to"teuly-OV pj! A. girl at' thirteen ypare of age,.huroarricd, is'ipbnsidercd'an old'tnald, past aU'rCAlcmp. t'O"' , . - j-- -JnTCgiird lo-thq burial 'ceremonies pf tub' dead ii lodirt; many thlngs'havo liccn said1 and writtctf jiyjUravelcr?"tl)aC'wcre 6'ntrue. The burning of the' bodies' of widows upon funeral plies of thp' liusija'ndi1 was explained audjncconntcd'for by the fact that whch'n'w'Omafi beebmca-a" widow, she itinst alrfays remain in that? situation, nnd they wqro tie vcf1' thought ahytliing of or treated respectfully, and mwiy of them, in view of these Tacts; preferred -death.5 This custom has, said the spcakciybccn recently abolished by tho British' govern-ment'. govern-ment'. ' "' |
