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asins and i or 2 china plates in the case of Mahommedans, u. countryearthenware pots and dishes to be valued at a couple of rupees.Baskets u. other utensils19 made of bamboo 20 or cane-work, wie jhakee, dalli,kulat dalla, katta u. dhama, or measure of capacity, may be valued at 1 Re.Bei Und class ryots the total quantity of brass about 8 or 10 seers = Rs. 8, 12,or 15; the other class of utensils at Rs. 2.A H id class ryot has generally 1 or 2 brass lotahs (tumblers), 1 or 2 thalas,sometimes a boughna; quantity = 5 seers, about = Rs. 8. D. earthen u.bamboo utensils same as in 2nd class, for the want of brass utensils to besupplied by these.Unter 1st class ryots haben nur wenige anything like the sinduk, stets inthe house of a trading class in the village. Preis = ij-20 Rs. Statt d.regular family sinduks haben d. ryots dieser Klass(e) meist one small chestof mangoe or other inferior wood, and 1 or 2 petaras (od .pitar a, see oben)constructed of matted cane. In price von Rs. 2 to 4. (D. pitaras kosteneben so viel.) |145 Ausserdem haben meiste Ryots od. deren females 1 or 2 small wooden or tinboxes to keep cash, ornaments od. other valuables. Price davon i 1/2 Rs.Gesammtvalue dieser chests, boxes, etc. = 6-8 Rs.lie class families haben generally 1 petara and 1 small box or 2, about =3 or 4 Rs.IH d class ryots haben höchstens jhaels or small petaras in some cases, v.Price = about i 1^ Rs.T~The general custom to keep the valuables hidden in earthenware pots keptunder the ground or outside.Mit sehr wenigen Ausnahmen haben d. Ryots keine Chowkees or Charpoysetc. Statt dessen different spreadings on the floor at night for the bedding.1 Re for each family average value of spreadings for all sorts of ryots.A ll ryots use chhalas or gunny bags to sit upon, which are, when occasionrequires, used also to hold grains.Seats of various kinds made of bamboo slips, canes, and splinters of betel-nut tree,and of small plants called peera or low stools; so small in size that they canhold only one man on each.Each ryot male or female has 2 dhutees of coarse Manchester cloth for ordinaryuse while out of work about 12 feet long and 3 feet broad. In well to dofamilies haben ausserdem namentlich d. females country sharees u. %enanacoats, and men chaddarsy manchmal peerans. Für d. Wintersaison habenelderly men u. women chaddars of thick cloth, while at work they use verynarrow and short gamchas or worn out clothes turned into smaller size.No difference among the different classes as to the clothes possessed by a familyausser so weit dies depend upon the number of individuals in each. D. averagevalue of clothes belonging to each individual male u. female, about Rs 2.Dhutee: a piece of Manchester cloth, known in the bazaar as longcloth orAmerican drill; Shari, a piece of cloth put on by women having borders of269