text:  The kayikjees as a class are generally considered in point of personal advantages the finest body of men in the empire; and share with the _sakkas_ or water-carriers--another numerous and powerful guild equally remarkable with the kayikjees for their symmetry and athletic proportions--the dangerous reputation of being distinguished favourites of the fair sex--doubly dangerous in a country where in such cases "the cord or scimitar is the doom of the stronger sex--the deep sea-bed that of the weaker