ABSTRACT
Marriages.—Period of contracting marriages.—Courtship.— Different descriptions of marriage.—Betrothing.—Payment of a price for the wife—Marriage ceremony—Consummation—Ceremonies at births—Bestowing of names—Circumcision.—Funeral ceremonies.—Appearance of burying grounds.—Pious attachment of the natives to them.— Worship of ancestors.—Exterior manners of the Indian islander.—Peculiarities in this respect.—Modes of address and salutation.—Observances at meals—Practice of chewing the betel and areca preparation.— Practice of using tobacco.—Use of fermented liquors.— Use of opium.
