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BARBERS.

festivals and for travellers going on night journeys.  The torch is made up of coarse rags, and is as thick as a man's arm, confined at the head a little below the end by a stout iron ring, and the end has oil poured upon it from a copper or gourd utensil with a long thin neck.  In travelling post, or dak, in a palankeen, torch-men are provided at every stage where night travelling ensues, to light the bearers on their way.