The enormous population of Ghina, i Turkey arid Persia hold the dual costume' a& the only womanly garb. In Syria, Nubia, Morocco, and among the high caste people in India, full, long trousers; are* worn by women. The upper; part, of the ' dress varies, but two leggedness is common to all. The .women of the Laps aud Eskimo ••' are rational, ; though . ' very uripicturesque, ! dressers. ' ; r It is said that onejfourth of. all. the „ property, in Ecuador '- belorig's'.'to;. the"" church. There is a Gatholic : church for . • every 140 of the inhabitants, a'ndlO.^er cent, of the population of the country are priests, monk's, of nuns. ' ■ Besides ; 'this, 272 of the 365 days'of observed as fe*st or fast daysi The 1 priests icbntrol the Government in all ite : branches. Seventy^five per cent, ot the' people can neither rtead horwrite. ' •;■-•'■■ ' T /.'•> See ov/riU l page:
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5298, 19 September 1885, Page 2
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