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 HOTEE LOLL. (133)

OTEE LOLL is a Hindoo belonging to the Bunneali, or trading, caste, and of the Baraysanee sept. He is an inhabitant of Hattrass, a large commercial town in the district of Allyghur, of which he is a native. He belongs to a class found in various parts of the country which are mostly dealers in grain, cotton, sugar, and other products, and sometimes, like this man, bankers. Their trading pursuits render them members of established communities, and they seldom leave their homes for any length of time. They are Hindoo followers of Vishnu, naturally timid, and devoted to commercial pursuits: peaceable and orderly, they are shrewd and calculating in their dealings. Their diet is bread, rice, vegetables, and milk, and they avoid animal food of every kind. Their degree of longevity varies from forty to sixty years. Hotee Loll is twenty-seven years of age, and five feet four inches in height, of a sallow complexion, with black hair and eyes.