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CAREY AND FORT WILLIAM COLLEGE 143 হাড়ে ভাই ম্যাঘের ভয়ে মোদের কাম চলে না৷ ত্যাবেতো মাগ ছাওয়ালকে ভাত কাপড় দিন্ু । তোর বড় দেখি স্থুকবাসের শড়ীল হইয়াছে ।! The colloquies of women are very faithful and realistic, but some of the pictures are too gross The language of and the language sometimes even women. 7 borders on indeeency?. The _ ladies, however, who figure in these colloquies belong, it seems, mostly to the uncultured lower classes: and here and there all Billingsgate seems to be let Grossness of tone loose at once. It is true that and language. “women” as Carey says “speak a language considerably differing from that of the men, especially in their quarrels”, yet he would be far from right if he supposes that this is the measure of women’s talk in Bengal. Quotations from these will not be ‘ It is better to append Carey’s translation of this pass»ge here. Fisherman’s talk. Haloo, Bhego, will yon goa fishing ? ‘Tis getting light. TI called : You was asleep. Aye, aye, this is an excuse, Hah; it rains: is it time to go to the nets now ? Go you to no purpose. I won’tgonow. Yesterday I went long before light : by so doing I did not get fish to eat, and to-day it rains. Yes, brother, my work won't go no by the fear of clouds, Shall I be able to clothe and feed my wife and children thus? I see you have a body formed for ease. (Dialogues, Ist Ed. pp. 110 et seq ; 3rd Ed. pp. 56-57.) 2 Possibly these dialogues were written by the“sensible natives’ whom Carey employed (vide ante, footnote p. 136) and who might have misled him. See especially the colloquy headed “মাইয়! কন্দল" (Women’s Quarrels) beginning with “Ofa cetata fratfeat AwICTETN” (Dialogues, Ist Ed. pp. 156-164; 3rd Ed. p. 82. et seq.)