The para you selected...You effectively missed out the remaining of the text:
I have already stated that, when compared with
Ronggopur, the number of prostitutes is exceedingly
small and their gains much less. They do not form
a kind of corporation as in that district, but almost
all of them openly profess themselves to be entirely of
the Muhammedan religion. The doctrine of caste is
so strictly observed that any Hindu of rank who had
a connection with a common woman would be in great
danger. It is therefore chiefly the Moslems by whom
such creatures are encouraged. Of course there are
a good many widows, or women whose husbands are
absent on service, that carry on intrigues, in which
they observe some secrecy but yet are pretty generally
known. These are however extremely careful to
confine their intrigues within the bounds of caste.
Such ladies are called Ghuskis. In the whole district
I heard of only two houses of the Hindu tribe called
Bamjani, the women of which are professed strumpets.
Most of the prostitutes are said to be purchased while
infants, from the northern parts of Dinajpur and
Ronggopur, and they are joined by very few widows
and still fewer maids of this district;
1) They profess to being Muhammedan...Next line does tell that Hindu rank is strict...Could that be the reason for professing something else?
2) So infants know they are Muslims?
3) You missed the remaining part and there are many other parts in the book which also talk about Hindu prostitution why select only this portion?
4) Religion of the maids and widows is not disclosed....
It clearly says the following.
1. Professional prostitutes are exclusively muslim women
2. Hindu widow who do this , only do it with members of their own caste (ghuski)
3. There was only two house in the entire district and they were of tribals called ramjani who did this with orphans.
Here are quotes from the rest of the book which you were asking for,
" The women who dance and sing, accompanied by music, are here usually called Bai, but in the dialect of Mithilia the set is usually called Garoch. They are more numerous than in Dinajpur, but inferior to those of Ronggopur in number, looks, and circumstances, and are all common prostitutes. They do not form a society so regular as tnose of the lust-mentioned district, and all profess to follow the doctrine of the Koran. "
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