A History of the Mahrattas v1.c14.36

v1.c14.36

¹ For ornament many of them wear very heavy gold and silver rings, and large ear-rings, which go round the back of the ear; thick necklaces of silver, and sometimes of gold, curiously wrought, are also much worn. All natives of India wear mustachios, and the Mahrattas when they wish to describe a person as *extraordinarily* fierce-looking, mention his turban tied beneath his chin, and mustachios almost as thick as their arm.