This fattening process generally produces the desired effect.
The reader must know that the Hindoos, like the Mahomedans, are partial to corpulent ladies.

I never saw any specimens of this kind of beauty, however, among the lower classes.
The two ladies were not very decently attired.

Their bodies and heads were enveloped in ample blue and white muslin drapery, embroidered with gold, and bordered with lace of the same material as broad as a man's hand, but the delicate texture {150} was so ethereal, that every outline of the body was visible beneath it.
Besides this, whenever they moved their arms the muslin opened and displayed not only their arm, but a portion of their bosom and body.
They appeared to pay a great deal of attention to their hair; their chief care seemed to consist in replacing the muslin on their heads, whenever it chanced to fall off.

As long as a female is unmarried, she is never allowed to lay aside her head-dress.
These ladies were so overloaded with gold, pearls, and diamonds, that they really resembled beasts of burden.

Large pearls, with other precious stones strung together, adorned their head and neck, as likewise did heavy gold chains and mounted gold coins.