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Common terms and phrasesAbdool Mujeed Ameer Anum Raj appears APPENDIX Badakshan Baila Deela bamboo bank Barsoor Bejee Bejee Talook Bhopal Bhopalputum Bhuttra or Purja Bokhara Bustar Dependency Bustar Rajah Cabul Capital castes Chintulnar Chitterkote cloth coal Common cultivated Dewan distance Ditto Dulgunjun Singh Dunteshwaree Duntewara Envoy exceedingly exported feet fever forests gneiss Godavery Gonds Gudwa gurhs hills Hulbas Indrawutty inhabitants Jeypore Jhoorias Jugdulpore jungle Kashgar Khanabad Kholop Kirghiz Kokan Kolab Kootroo kosra Kotapilly lakh latter Mahomed Mahomedans mandia Marias Matha Devee Mergui Mhowa Moolla Mooreas Muddair Mulla Khan Nagpore obtained Pamir party Pass Peshawur population portion quantities Rajahs of Bustar range revenue rice river road route Rupees season Sevree Shah Sironcha Sironcha District soil Soonkum Soonkum Talook square miles Steppe talook Talpeir teak Telingana Telingas Teloogoo temple Tenasserim Tenasserim River Thatay Khyoung timber tracts trade tree tribes Tugaras Ubujmard Veejapoor villages wild Wurungul zemindar Popular passagesPage 37 - A cloth, three feet by six, made from the fibre of the bark of the Kuring tree, with horizontal bands of red, yellow, and blue, each about three inches in width, is secured round the waist by a girdle, then brought over the shoulder and fastened down in front of the upper part of the body. The girdle is... Page 39 - Jhoorias are found principally in the northKakeir ; they are a numerous class, and subsist partly by cultivation and partly by hunting, and on the fruits of the forest. Their dress resembles that of the following caste, the Marias, with whom they may be said to constitute about a third or more of the population of the Bustar Dependency, and whom they resemble in customs and appearance. Page 37 - At the time of the Dusserah, Holee, and other holidays, both men and women dance together to the music of a fife and drum ; sometimes they form a ring by joining hands all round, and with a long hop spring towards the centre and then hop back to the full extent of their arms, while they at the same time keep circling round and round ; at other times the women dance singly or in pairs, their hands resting on each other's waists : when fatigued they cease dancing and sing. Page 41 - ... themselves. Seldom does a Maria village resound with quarrels or wrangling among either sex : and in this respect they present a marked contrast to those in more civilized tracts. They, in common with many other wild races, bear a singular character for truthfulness and honesty, and when once they get over the feeling of shyness, which is natural to them, they are exceedingly frank and communicative. Curious as all savages, the commonest article of domestic use is to them an object of interest... Page 53 - All descriptions of filth are thrown at him ; if he be of good caste, hog's flesh is thrust into his mouth, and lastly he is driven out of the country, followed by the abuse and execrations of his enlightened fellow-men. Women suspected of sorcery have to undergo the same ordeal ; if found guilty, the same punishment is awarded, and after being shaved, their hair is attached to a tree in some public place. In Chhattisgarh, a witch has her... Page 37 - When fatigued, they cease dancing, and sing. A man steps out of the crowd, and sings a verse or two impromptu. One of the women rejoins, and they sing at each other for a short time. The point of these songs appears to consist in giving the sharpest rejoinder to each other. Page 41 - The Marias carry very heavy loads on cowree sticks. Badly fed as they are, I have not met any class of men who can surpass them in this respect. They are a timid, quiet race, docile, and although addicted to drinking, they are not quarrelsome. Without exception they are the most cheerful, light-hearted people I have met with, always laughing and joking amongst themselves. Seldom does a Maria village resound with quarrels or wrangling among either sex : and in this respect they present a marked contrast... Page 43 - I found the inhabitants decidedly wilder than the generally of those I had previously seen. In these wild tracts the Marees have the greatest fear of a horse, or of an unusual number of people coming suddenly upon their villages. The course I pursued in all my expeditions among the wild tribes was to leave my camp some two or three days march distant, accompanied with as few people as possible, without tents of other incumberances. Page 6 - ... country. This chain extends nearly due north and south ; from the south bank of the Indrawutty it averages 200 feet above the plain, increasing in height, and runs southward till it culminates in two high peaks called Nundeeraj and Pitoor Ranee, which are between 3,000 and 4,000 feet above the sea. Page 37 - Kusa grass strung together is fastened round the hair, as are also sometimes strings of white beads: Large earrings of three coils, of common brass wire, certainly three or four inches in diameter, are suspended to the upper cartilage of the ear, and hang down to the shoulder; and another earring, resembling a brass button with a stalk to it, is worn in the lobe of the ear."-9 Of the Dravidian tribes, the Gonds form perhaps the largest aboriginal tribal groups in India. The word "Gond" or "Gund",... |