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to theſe may be added ſeven or eight others under the following appellations, viz. a hookeburdar or perſon whoſe chief buſineſs is to prepare his maſter's tobacco pipe, and attend him when ſmoking, an offdaur to cool the water for his drinking, two or three, ſahees who have the care of the horſes, a guſſeara or graſs cutter, and three or four muſſalchees or torch bearers.
Great characters ſtill increaſe the number of attendants, by adding to the train already deſcribed, nakeeves or criers, to clear the way before them, chowkdars or pages, who carry large ſilver rods in their hands, ſotiburdars the bearers of ſmall ſil-
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