Means taken to secure congenial husband--Marriage councils--Choice of husband, how arranged--Maiden's right to nominate--The thirty-one evenings--The girl, how distinguished--Gentlemen who wish their pretensions to be favourably viewed--The unwilling--Efforts of pretenders--Agitation on the thirty-first evening--How the maiden proclaims her choice--The presentation of flowers--Subsequent meeting of the parties--Betrothal--Consequence of maiden failing to declare preference--Second meeting--Third meeting rare
Trust reposed in marriage councils never abused--The dress of shame--Rich costumes of married ladies--Brilliant colours imparted by the sun--The silver-green silk--Sun silk--Women instructed in the ART OF PLEASING--Former habits of married women--Example on children--Deceit
LADY'S COSTUME--The waistcoat--Tunic--Trousers--Anklets--Trimmings-- Colours--Sandals--HEAD ORNAMENTS--Soles to protect the feet--The fan--Precious stones--Turbans--Canopy--Long veils--Distinctive feature for the unmarried--Elaborate costumes allowed after marriage--GENTLEMAN'S COSTUME
The civil marriage--Purification of the bride--The hair--The tree-comb--Marriage costume--Marriage ceremony repeated after birth of each child--Religious ceremony--Suspended in case of dissensions--Efforts for reconciliation--Contingencies provided for--An instance
Very beautiful--Their names given to Stars and to Women--Flower language: long conversations carried on by means of Flowers--Instances of Flower Language--Displeasure expressed through the medium of Flowers--Instances of Flowers with meanings attached
Mode in which nature operates--Vitality of seed--Consequence of injury--Production of leaves--Of colour--United electricities form gatherings--Important discovery--Sap, the reservoir of electricity--PROCESS FOR CHANGING FORM--PROCESS FOR CHANGING COLOUR--For giving fragrance--THE LUANIA--SUN-FORCING
(_Explanation of terms used in the Song of Admiration._)
The Spangled Mountain--The reviled beauty--Slander and its promulgators--The Legend of Zacosta--Fall of her Tormentors--Happiness of the higher order of Spirits--Slander regarded with horror--Motives of the Slanderers--The King of the Air--The loving little animal--The ingenious instrument for discovering diamonds--The pet animal--The Meleeta--The Turvee Insect--Shooting Stars--Whale Electricity--The Martolooti--The Flower of Grace--The Chilarti--The Allmanyuka--The perfume of the everlasting gulf--The Hippopotamus hide--Fat of the Serpent's head--The Mestua Mountain--Wet thy feet--Stainers' fount-- Water--The Mountain Supporter