Year: 1859

small shanty or coodil made for the purpose.
which must be near the door of house Those
who are able to build more permanent houses,
follow the prescriptions of the shasterS as to
size and form. The length is eighteen cubits,
width seven or eight, height generally above
five cubits. 1t is divided into two rooms, the
larger occupying about twothirds of the length
of the house. The walls are ordinarily built
of sun-dried bricks aud mud, and plastered with
the same The roof is raised on posts at a
proper height, and covered with leaves, and
the walls are built under cover These houses
are sometimes built of burnt bricks or stone
and mortar. They have only one door of en-
trance, which, with the frame set in the wall
made very strong and some times neatly carved
is often the most expensive part of the house
The smaller room is connected with the larger
by door, and is used as a store-room for rice
&c. That their houses may be secure against
thieves, they have no windows in either room
In front and often at both ends, is a yerandab
six or seven feet wide, and a projecting roof
on the back side to protect the wall from rain
The roof of the Verandah extends down so low
that an adult cannot enter without stOoping
They are often hung round with the bra.
ded leaves of the cocOa-nut-tree to break
the wind and rain in q storm, or shut out the
heat in the middle Of the day The floor of
the verandah is raised q foot or cubt. and
beaten down and made smooth 1t is used Of
ten for their reception room, and the place
where they sleep in hot weather In the cold
est weather, and when afraid of robbers. thcv
sleep aclthin their houses In times when cho.
era prevails, they are seldom seen outside af
for ~ RI loct tha HaD,npc rbO bo1
ses the disease, should seize them.


Another form in which the people build is
an enclosure, thirty or forty feet square. with
rooms for dwellings on the inside. One side
of the roof rests on this wall and extends
round the whole enclosure leaving an open
court in the middle The cooking is generally
done on one side OF the enclourse within. Some
times they have a cook house outside in front
Of the door of entrance as is always the case
where the houses are built after the other form
The wealthy portion of the people generally
build in this style, and it is not at all uncom
mon to fud the representatives of three or
four generations in one Of these dwellings and
several large families.


The floors are almost always made of mud
beaten down smooth, and washed, from time
to time, with preparation that DESTROYS the
little insects that abound. In the nicely fin
ished houses the yerandah floors are made of
lime and mortar, hard finished which they do
very nicely.


Their valuables (jewelry and clothing) are
generally kept in strong box within the inner
room. They sleep on mats generally on the
floor, covering themselves with the cloth worn
during the day. The poor people nsed piece
Of wood, for pillow, and are glad to get a
soft piece of pine Some have bedsteadS, which
they use in the rainy season, when the floors
of their houses are often damp They have
no chairs, except in few cases, that they NAV
have one to offer to foreigner who NAV call
to see them. A mat on the floor is their chair
and answers also for a table, on which thev
spread leaf for plate or place before them
their brass plate for their food. Their fingers
answer for a knife and fork or spoon to con-
vey food to the mouth, or q leaf, folded to-
gether on one side, will answer for q spoon in
eating BROTH or c0OL, as they call it, They do
not come together as a family to take their
food after the custom Of Christian countries,
but the wife prepares the food and brings it to
her lord, and waits until he has finished and
then eats by herself with the small children in
the kitchen. The sons when they have grown
up to manhood, cat with their father.


The furniture in the kitchen is very simple.
A large mortar. a cubt high, with n pestle
four or five feet long, for pounding rice to re-
move the hulls and sometimes into hour-a
small fan for separating the hulls-a pot for
boiling rice, made Of coarse earthenware, of a
globular shape, with the opening at the top
about half the diameter of the centre which is
placed on three stones or three lnmps of dried
earth, that fire may be made under it-a pot
of the same material, or sometimes of brass.
with a narrow neck fer bringing water-a
broad-mouthed, shallow vessel (chatti) for ma
king curry-stone and roller TO grind the curry
seed-a small dpper, made of part of CO..
coa-nut shell-an instrument for Scrapng the
cocoa,nut and knife set in a block to cut mp
fish and vegetables, are the principal articles
they consider necessary for their cruiS;ne
Though their instruments are very simple, they
will furnish a nice dish of rice and curry on
short notice. Will you call and take meal


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