THE HISTORY OF THE CONDITION OF WOMEN, IN VARIOUS AGES AND NATIONS. BY MRS. D. L. CHILD, AUTHOR OF “MOTHER’S BOOK,” “FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE,” ETC. I am a slave, a favored slave At best, to share his splendor, and seem very blest; When weary of these fleeting charms and me, There yawns the sack, and yonder rolls the sea. What! am I then a toy for dotard’s play, To wear but till the gilding frets away?--_Byron’s Corsair._ VOL. I. COMPRISING THE WOMEN OF ASIA AND AFRICA. THIRD EDITION. BOSTON: OTIS, BROADERS & CO. 1840. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by JOHN ALLEN & CO. in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. BOSTON: STEREOTYPED BY SHEPARD, OLIVER AND CO. No. 3 Water Street. CONTENTS TO VOL. I. PAGE. Afghanistan 43 Africa 245 Amazons 176 Amboyna 202 Arabia 36 Armenia 48 Assyria 23 Babylon 23 Bali 203 Barbary States 232 Bedouin Arabs 38 Birmah 133 Borneo 199 Caria 28 Carthage 231 Celebes 201 Ceylon 186 China 143 Circassia 44 Cochin China 137 Corea 160