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from the parents a certain name, which, if a son, he till keeps he arrives at
vean of maturity. At th t
period it is chtnged If afterwards he obtains an
oflioe, he a^iin changes his name ; and if, in process of time, he is advanced
to other offioes, the same ch uige always takes place; and some, l-ut especially
emperors and princes, have a new name given them after their death.
The names of women are less subject to change, and are frequently tikeu
from certain beautiful flowers. Titles are given to place-men of a superior
order on entering on their employments ; and to the chief of them various
names of honor are added by the Dairi."
NOTE C.
USE OF FIRE-ABMS IN THE EAST.
Even the inhabitants of southern India, notwithstanding the long inter-
course carried on with them by Arab traders from the Persian Gulf and the
Bed Sea, and the invasions of their country liy M thotnetans from the north,
seem to have I et-n ma!nly indebted for their first possession of fire-arms to Eu-
ropeans ; as witness the following extract from Itu-kanl Eden's translation,
first published in l-">7