[Relationship.] 9. Families in which sons are married or from which sons-in-law come are considered relations. There is nothing peculiar in the general system of relationship. They do not, as a rule, remember the names of ancestors beyond the grandfather. [Birth ceremonies.] 10. When a woman is being delivered she sits on the ground facing east. She is attended by the Chamâin midwife, who cuts the cord with a sickle and buries it in the place where the child was born, lighting a fire on the spot, which is kept burning while the woman remains in seclusion. After birth the child is rubbed with a mixture of barley flour and oil. The first day the mother is fed on halwa, which is made of wheat flour, coarse sugar (gur), and ghi. After this she is given butter cakes (pûri), but in poor families only rice and pulse. Every morning and evening she is given a mixture of gur, ghi, and turmeric, which is known as kâra. On the sixth day the Chamâin bathes mother and child, the Dhobi takes her clothes to the wash, the barber’s wife cuts her finger and toe nails and colours her feet with lac dye (mahâwar). On that day the men of the family shave and put on clean clothes, and the woman’s husband’s sister (nanad) cleans the delivery room (saur), for which she receives a present in cash, clothes, or jewelry. The wives of the barber and Dhobi get four annas each, and the Chamâin the same with her food for the days she has been in attendance. That evening the clanspeople, male and female, are fed. From that date the attendance of the Chamâin ceases. On the twelfth day (barahi) the mother bathes in warm water, and the barber’s wife cuts her nails and those of all the other women of the family. From that time the mother is considered pure, and cooks for the family. On this day the old earthen vessels of the family are replaced. The couvade so far prevails that on the day the child is born the father does no work, and has to take the first sip of the draught given to his wife. The husband does not cohabit with his wife till the child is six months old, and is first fed on grain (annaprâsana). [Adoption ceremony.] 11. No adoption is valid unless the adoptive father and the boy appear before the Mukhiya, Chaudhari and council and make mutual engagements.