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SHROFF, OR NATIVE BANKER. individuals name; but these words do not denote, as they frequently do in India, difference of caste; the son of a ram or lall may be called chund or mul, and vice versâ.

The costume depicted is the ordinary one of the trading class; the Amils having adopted the Mahomedan. The figure photographed wears a large turban of white muslin, a tunic of the same, and a dhoty, or waistcloth, which roaches to the ancles. A short warm jacket is worn in the cold weather, and over it a scarf of white or coloured muslin, with borders and ends of silk or gold thread.