ABSTRACT
Division of the subject.—Original dress of the Indian islanders.—Taught to clothe themselves in cotton fabrics by the Hindus.—Enumeration of the principal portions of dress.—Varieties.—Ornamental portions of dress.—Mode cf wearing the hair.—Fantastic practices for improving the natural beauty of the body.—Practice of blackening and filing the teeth.—Of flattening the head, distending the lobes of the ears, &c.— Use of cosmetics, with the view of improving the complexion.
