India 1900. The wrinkled, careworn face of this Pahari, or hill-woman, speaks of a life of great hardship, and the occupation of stone-breaking must strain her old limbs to the utmost. No matter what the work, these hill-women, who always wear baggy trousers drawn in at the ankle, never discard their ornaments, which are regarded by young and old as an indispensable addition to their apparel.