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NELLORE MANUAL,

Dwellings.- Domestic furniture. - Dress.-- Ornaments. - Music. — Physical characteristics and employments.--Moral character.-Domestic celebrations. — Punyahavachanam. Sixteen periods of life .---Garbhadana.-- Simantam .---Pumsavanam .— Jatakarona. Navagbabadama.--Namakarma.- Totla or cradle feast.- Anaprasanam. - Chndakarma. Choulam. — Upanayanam. — Upakarma. — Veda Chetrishtaya.--Godanam. - Snatakam. Vivaham marriage.--Different kinds of marriages.- Marriage token .--Expense at weddings. - Brahmin marriages .--. Madhuparkam. - Donation of the bride. — Talambralu. Saptapatha. - Nayudus marriages.- Marriages of Kapus. – Ariveni. - Alaka. - Gola marriages. - Sali marriages. - Chakalis marriages. - Kamasalis marriages. Mala mar. riages.- Madiga marriages. — Garbhadanam. — Shristiparti. — Petru medham. — Nitya karma.--- Silastapanam.- Silashakam.- Sutravisachanam.- Vapanakarma. — Silodwasa. Sapindikarnam. Swargapathyam. Mourning Shodasam. - Ekahvanam. ián , ceremonies performed by girls, performed by married women, performed after loss of children, in the advance of life, by the childless, by mothers. MAHOMEDAN MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. - Birth customs.- Marriage customs.- Funeral customs.

The villages in the Nellore District are generally small, and the dwellings mean, consisting mostly of three or four detached huts - one serving as a sleeping room for the family, another for a working room and kitchen, and a third for a store room for goods and chattels. The houses are generally built of mud and thatched ; but in the northern parts of the district ( Ongole and Podile, &c. ,) the roofs are of terraced, earth laid on beams, with wattle and daub between. Whenever there is rain, these roofs require to be attended to as the mud cracks with the heat, leaving crevices, which have to be filled up from time to time. The ordinary description of hut is circular in shape, from about 12 to 20 feet in diameter ; the walls are of mud, or wattle and daub, the roof pointed in the centre and thatched. There is but one door, and no other means of ventilation. With the general improvement in the condition of the people, improved dwellings may be everywhere seen, but in this respect the prejudices of caste still operate. Though a low -caste man may acquire wealth, the prejudices of his neighbours will not allow him to build a house with beams to support a roof, or to use tiles instead of thatch. We have known an instance of a Pariah bold enough to attempt to build himself an improved dwelling who had his habitation pulled down as soon as it was approaching completion. The Brahmins' and Komaties' houses are generally the best in every village, but many wealthy ryots are also beginning to build themselves houses with brick and chunam, tiled, provided with windows and open court yards.