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316 APPENDIX.
choice of his wife. Parents employ others to seek wives
for their sons. Those who leave their homes in search of
employment, always marry their children in their country,
and among their acquaintance at home; never among the
people with whom they reside.
Genesis xxiv. 11. ' The time that women go out to draw water.'
In Bengal, it is the universal practice for the women to go
to pools and rivers to fetch water. Companies of four, six,
ten, or more, may be seen in every town daily, going to
fetch water, with the pitchers resting on their sides. Women
frequently carry water home on their return from bathing.
Genesis xxiv. 38. ' I will not eat until I have told mine errand.'
A bramhiin sometimes goes to a house, sits down, and re-
fuses to eat till he has obtained the object he has in view.
Genesis xxiv. 60. ' And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her,
Thou art our sister: be thou the mother of thousands of
millions, &c.' Similar addresses to a daughter when she is
going from her father's house to live with her husband are
very common among the Hindoos; such as, ' Be thou the
mother of a son :' ' Be thou the wife of a king,' &c.
Genesis xxviii. 18. ' Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took
the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a
pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.' The bramhiins
anoint their stone images with oil before bathing, and some
anoint them with sweet-scented oil. This practice probably
arises out of the customs of the Hindoos, and is not neces-
sarily to be referred to their idolatry. Anointing persons, as
an act of homage, has been transferred to their idols.
Genesis xxix. 18. ' Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve
thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter.' One
of the Hindoo lawgivers, Vrihuspiitee, says, ' A person
may become a slave on account of love, or to obtain a wife.*
choice of his wife. Parents employ others to seek wives
for their sons. Those who leave their homes in search of
employment, always marry their children in their country,
and among their acquaintance at home; never among the
people with whom they reside.
Genesis xxiv. 11. ' The time that women go out to draw water.'
In Bengal, it is the universal practice for the women to go
to pools and rivers to fetch water. Companies of four, six,
ten, or more, may be seen in every town daily, going to
fetch water, with the pitchers resting on their sides. Women
frequently carry water home on their return from bathing.
Genesis xxiv. 38. ' I will not eat until I have told mine errand.'
A bramhiin sometimes goes to a house, sits down, and re-
fuses to eat till he has obtained the object he has in view.
Genesis xxiv. 60. ' And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her,
Thou art our sister: be thou the mother of thousands of
millions, &c.' Similar addresses to a daughter when she is
going from her father's house to live with her husband are
very common among the Hindoos; such as, ' Be thou the
mother of a son :' ' Be thou the wife of a king,' &c.
Genesis xxviii. 18. ' Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took
the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a
pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.' The bramhiins
anoint their stone images with oil before bathing, and some
anoint them with sweet-scented oil. This practice probably
arises out of the customs of the Hindoos, and is not neces-
sarily to be referred to their idolatry. Anointing persons, as
an act of homage, has been transferred to their idols.
Genesis xxix. 18. ' Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve
thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter.' One
of the Hindoo lawgivers, Vrihuspiitee, says, ' A person
may become a slave on account of love, or to obtain a wife.*