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APPENDIX. 323
in the afternoon. The roofs of all brick houses are flat;
and it is a pleasing recreation in an evening to walk on these
roofs. Pools of water are to be found in every quarter of a
Bengal town; and women may be seen, morning and even-
ing, bathing in them, and carrying water home.
2 Samuel xi. 9. ' Uriah slept at the door of the king's house,
with all the servants of his lord.' Servants and others in
Bengal very generally sleep on the verandah, or porch, in
front of their master's house.
2 Samuel xii. 20. ' Then David arose from the earth, and wash-
ed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and
came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped.' Bath-
ing, anointing the body with oil, and changing the apparel,
are, among the Hindoos, the first outward signs of coining
out of a state of mourning, or sickness.
2 Samuel xiii. 31. ' The king arose, and tare his garments, and
lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their
clothes rent.' I do not find that the Hindoos tear their
clothes in times of sorrow; but it is common for an enraged
bramhun to tear his poita, pronouncing a curse on the per-
son offending him:—' If I be a real bramhun, you will
perish.'
1 Samuel xiv. 20. ' My Lord is wise according to the wisdom of
an angel of God.' This is very much like the hyberbolical
language of this country. When talking to a European,
especially when they desire to obtain something from him,
the Hindoos will often say, ' Sahib can do every thing.'
' No one can prevent the execution of Sahib's commands.'
' Sah6b is God.'
1 Kings iii. 4. ' High-places.' These high-places probably re-
sembled the terrace on which Jugunnat'hu is annually
%bathed, (see vol. i. p. 208.) or the rasu-miinchu, upon which
in the afternoon. The roofs of all brick houses are flat;
and it is a pleasing recreation in an evening to walk on these
roofs. Pools of water are to be found in every quarter of a
Bengal town; and women may be seen, morning and even-
ing, bathing in them, and carrying water home.
2 Samuel xi. 9. ' Uriah slept at the door of the king's house,
with all the servants of his lord.' Servants and others in
Bengal very generally sleep on the verandah, or porch, in
front of their master's house.
2 Samuel xii. 20. ' Then David arose from the earth, and wash-
ed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and
came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped.' Bath-
ing, anointing the body with oil, and changing the apparel,
are, among the Hindoos, the first outward signs of coining
out of a state of mourning, or sickness.
2 Samuel xiii. 31. ' The king arose, and tare his garments, and
lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their
clothes rent.' I do not find that the Hindoos tear their
clothes in times of sorrow; but it is common for an enraged
bramhun to tear his poita, pronouncing a curse on the per-
son offending him:—' If I be a real bramhun, you will
perish.'
1 Samuel xiv. 20. ' My Lord is wise according to the wisdom of
an angel of God.' This is very much like the hyberbolical
language of this country. When talking to a European,
especially when they desire to obtain something from him,
the Hindoos will often say, ' Sahib can do every thing.'
' No one can prevent the execution of Sahib's commands.'
' Sah6b is God.'
1 Kings iii. 4. ' High-places.' These high-places probably re-
sembled the terrace on which Jugunnat'hu is annually
%bathed, (see vol. i. p. 208.) or the rasu-miinchu, upon which