‘The _pyjama_, or drawers, were formerly worn so tight, as to render it a work of some labor to get them on. Indeed, to such a length did this taste go at one time, that many of the famous courtezans had themselves painted in imitation of _keemkab_[13] from the waist downwards. In the upper provinces, they are now made to fit exactly above the knee, but from thence downwards quite loose, and so long as to press on the shoe. In the lower provinces, the exact reverse takes place. In Bengal, it is deemed immodest to wear the _ungeeas_, or supporters to the breast. In the upper provinces, a woman would be ashamed to be seen without them. ----- Footnote 13: _Keemkab_ is a sort of silken fabric, in which flowers, &c. are woven. ----- ‘The _coortee_, or kind of banian, must be of the thinnest muslin, so that the tapering waist, which they so much admire, and of which our ladies now deny us the view, may be distinctly seen. The sleeves short, and the _coortee_ itself so much so, that the _nicfa_, a different colored cloth at the top of the _pyjama_, may not be concealed, the _doo-puttah_, or two breadths of muslin, formed into the shape of a scotch plaid, and worn nearly in the same manner, is thrown over the whole. ‘The _paishwaz_, meaning _open in front_, is not now in fashion. This is the robe from which our ladies have taken their present dress, but which they have modestly closed before, having no painted _keemkabs_ to shew. Petticoats, (called _bandanas_,) are sometimes worn by Mahomedan ladies, especially in the rainy season, when the diversion of _swinging_ commences, but never without drawers under them.—Widows should not wear cloaths stained with any but what are termed _pukka_, or lasting colors; nor should these be of the glaring kind. Their _pyjamas_ must always be white, which a married lady never wears.