La Belle Assemblée,  1 (1806), 265–67.

Manners of the Indians  [1/3]

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous, Serial

Subjects:

Ethnography, Race, Obstetrics


    Outlines the life of a middle-class Indian from cradle to marriage. Describes childbirth as an experience 'which Indian women bear far better than those of Europe, and which is rendered less painful by the climate' (265).



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