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 would make your trousers to fit you and such as will not need turning up.

As regards gentlemen's dress, Indian dress is, in my opinion, better than that of the Europeans. To strengthen my view, I give you below one or two quotations in connection with clothing from Mr. Macnagh ten's Lecture on Manners. "It is hard to understand why natives of India incline so much to English clothing. The inclination is, I think, on the increase. Every nation has its own habits which come of the national climate and character. 'As is the country, so should the garment be.' But while English clothes are generally ugly, Indian clothes are generally graceful. And Indian clothes are far better suited to the Indian climate than English ones. People of India, in my opinion, have much reason to be proud of their national costume."

Indian gentlemen wear indiscriminately