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IS 183.2 Story of an Emigrant.
two. Servants’ wages are very low in India, and as the
punkah walla belongs to the lowest grade of servants his
wages are only five rupees ($2.50) a month, and he must
board himself as do all other servants.
The clothing which people wear also adds largely to their
comfort. The cooley, or common laborer, wears a long
piece of cloth wrapped around his waist and tucked up so as
to resemble a short pair of drawers, and a head gear
somewhat resembling a turban; the breast, back, and upper
limbs being entirely naked. Both men and women of the
types of the lowest caste.
better class of natives have loose falling robes of jute, silk or
cotton. Europeans generally dress in white linen trousers
and jackets, and it is only toward evening when taking a
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