Note 62 — The Third Book.
Reading edition
“She had laid aside the rings which used to grace her ankles, lest the sound of them should expose her to calamity.”
Asiatic Researches.
Most of the Indian women have on each arm, and also above the ankle, ten or twelve rings of gold, silver, ivory, or coral. They spring on the leg, and when they walk make a noise with which they are much pleased. Their hands and toes are generally adorned with large rings.
Sonnerat.
“In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon.”
“The chains, and the bracelets and the mufflers, The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, &c.”
Isaiah. III. 18.