The things which may make them attractive and entertaining to the men, and be likely to secure a desirable husband, are the only things cared for. Some music, some drawing, a little acquaintance with the language of the chief tribe on the main parts, reading and writing, are the intellectual studies. But the engrossing pursuits are those which are supposed to add to female attractiveness. To DRESS, so as to enhance the delight of form; to cover, and yet to show with added suggestion; to move with grace; to carry the head; to use with tender, or arch, or modest, or haughty expression, the eyes; to turn the feet and arrange the limbs; to make the shoulders beautiful, and the neck and bust charming; to torture the hair and ornament the whole body; the ear-tips, the fingers, the eyebrows and lashes--to do these, and innumerable other things by which the sex shall be made _irresistible_ [Kou-ket], these are the real cares. _Dancing_ [ma-d-wo] is among the most admired of all accomplishments, and the game of _Waltzing_ its most perfect development. In this art of dancing both sexes take part, and I may merely say to our Flowery Land, that we have nothing like it, and what little we have in any degree to represent it is confined to _licensed_ girls, without, even with them, permitting men to take part! In this dancing the utmost female art (_blandishment_) is permitted, and it is the one by which, and in the intricacies of which the male is most surely expected to be ensnared! Women are, also, particularly among the High-Caste, taught in riding on horses, in driving them attached to carriages; in running and walking; and even in swimming. Also in rowing in boats, in the use of bows and arrows, and many other things, which are very strange to us. But the sex like passionately the outdoor sports of men; and, in truth, show the barbarous instinct quite as clearly as do the males. They are attached to dogs, cats, and other creatures, which they fondle and _dandle_ in the most disgusting manner. The women of the Low-Castes, to the best of their ability, follow the example of their superiors; and make such copy as they can. They imitate the dress, the gait, the _airs and graces_ of the High-Caste, often with a ludicrous effect! When they dance, they may not dance with the elegant _abandon_ [lan-gu-tze] of the lazy and rich, but they can contrive to be quite as _effective_! The male of the Low-Caste feels but cannot escape the snare!