Note 37 — C

6. Their women are well known for their beauty and delicacy of form. A native traveller37 writes:—“The Chaubâinis are in the grandest style of beauty. The whole class is superb, and the general character of their figure is majestic. Their colour is the genuine classical colour of the Brâhmans of antiquity.” It is peculiar with them to celebrate a number of marriages the same day in order to save expense. Their greediness is proverbial—Achchê bhaê atal, prân gaê nikal—“A life is well lost that is lost in gorging sweets.”