says: "Of the family of Goutam, the great grand-daughter of Ram Churn Bose, the grand-daughter of Bulloram Bose, the daughter of Ramsoonder Bose, wearing such and such clothes and jewels, I, Dwarkeynath Bose, give to thee, Oma Churn Dutt, of the family of Bharadaz, the great grandson of Dinnonath Dutt, the grandson of Shib Churn Dutt, the son of Jodonauth Dutt." The bridegroom says, "I have received her." The father-in-law then takes off the garland of flowers with which the hands of the married pair were bound, and pouring some holy water on their heads, pronounces his benediction. A piece of silk cloth called _Laja bustur_, is then put over the heads of the boy and girl, and they are asked to look at each other _for the first time in their lives_. While the marriage ceremony is being performed the boy is made to wear on his head a conical tinsel hat. Here the barber of the bridegroom gives to the priest a little _Khoye_ (parched rice) and a little ghee, which are offered with doorva grass to the god Brahma. A very small piece of coarse cloth called _gatchara_, or knotted cloth, containing in all twenty-one myrobolans, _boyra_ fruit and betel-nuts, is tied to the silk _dhobja_ or scarf of the bridegroom, which is fastened again to the silk garment of the bride, thus symbolising a union never to be severed. The married couple are then taken into the inner court where the females are waiting on the tiptoe of expectation, wreathed for a moment in the rapturous embraces of one another. As soon as the boy appears, or rather before his appearance, conch-shells are again blown, and he is made to stand on a stone placed under a small awning called _chadlahtalah_, a temporary shed, surrounded on four sides by plantain trees. By way of merriment, some females greet him with _hayeumllah_ mixed in treacle, some pull his ears, notably his sisters-in-law, while matrons cry out "_ulu, ulu, ulu_," sounds indicative of excessive joy. It would require the masterly pen of a Sir Walter Scott to adequately delineate the joyous feelings of the females on such an auspicious occasion.