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els’ hair” shawls are nothing near so hand- some as the imitations made in Englard and France. They are neither smooth nor glossy, and suggested the idea of having been wasbed, but not ironed, But my judg- ment on dry goods had been laughed at go Many times that I had lost eli confideree in it, sod under the instruction of the Jadies of cur party, wha were famoiiay with Stewari’s stock, I socn began fo admire them. They ave not made of “camels hair’? at ali, but af wool of the Cazhmere goat; each shawl being componed of many pieses. woven by different fami- Hes, perhaps, ard tha labor of months. They are sewed very nicely togethor, tho ski3l at blendieg colors being something marvelous, and ein be altered and changed, in borders and centres, ard washed and masecd up without damage. Jo the Hast the westthy natives donot wear them ever the should- ers, buiiaele snd female alike, tie them around their waiat. In Indis, dress serves the purpess cf denoting rank, Tho peasant ia clothed in cotton, and the prines in cloth of gold; and even religion, casteand cccu- pation are dlstingnished by weil known and urchanging marks in costumes. The fixity of {sshion is a8 singular in Bindsostan aa its infinite changeableners in New York and Paris. The pattern we see in the biziar to-day ara those which were popular in the ésys of Shahdehan. Hindeo workmen, theugh ot the. lowest .clagr, poseess such wotdort{al taste Bad di i, that their com- woonest prodvctions are like poemsin silk and velvet, which seems toa prove ike esy- tng, that the fivcst taste is consistent with ths deepest slavery of bedy and mind Drees with the Oriental ig en srt, stds Hilndeo will never wesra rabe or a turban, the ornamentation of whichis not consist - ent with his ides of +p mmetry and grace.
The expensive amusement of shopping in bszaar and hotei relieved the monotony ef Rigut seeing for the firet two Gays in Delai, Early on the morning ef the third day we started, under the guidarce of Barrabbae, for an exeursion to the many interesting places outside the city walla, Hmerging by the Ajmere gate, a half hout’s ride brought usto ths observatory of Jai-Singh, tho scCfentific Rajah of deypore, who erected a elmilar establishment, ailuded to in aformer letter, ab Bensres, The buildings aro unin- babited, aud in avery dilapidated condi- tion. Three railes further wo reaeb the Mausoleum of the Grand Vizier of the Em-
