[608] _Ibidem_, p. 254.

[609] Sir D. Ibbetson, _Punjab Census Report_ (1881), para. 577.

[610] P. 259.

[611] The description of a dacoity is combined from two accounts given at pp. 257, 273 of Colonel Sleeman's _Report_.

[612] _Sorghum vulgare_.

[613] Made of the bark of the date-palm tied with strips of cloth round some inflammable wood.

[614] Sleeman, p. 263.

[615] But it is unlucky for a snake to cross one's path in front.

[616] Sleeman, pp. 261, 262.

[617] Committee of five persons.

[618] _Ficus religiosa_.

[619] The seer = 2 lbs.

[620] _Criminal Cla.s.ses in the Bombay Presidency_; Sansias and Berias.

[621] Mr. Gayer, _Central Provinces Police Lectures_; p. 68.

[622] This article is mainly based on a paper by Mr. Rama Prasad Bohidar, a.s.sistant Master, Sambalpur High School.

[623] See article Beldar for a notice of the different groups of earth-workers.

[624] Said to be derived from their name Waddar.

[625] Story of Jasma Odni in Sati Charita Sangrah.

[626] This article is princ.i.p.ally based on papers by Munshi Gopinath, Naib-Tahsildar, Sonpur, Mr. Kaluram Pach.o.r.e, a.s.sistant Settlement Officer, Sambalpur, and Mr. Hira Lal, a.s.sistant Gazetteer Superintendent.

[627] _Archaeological Reports_, vol. xvii. pp. 120, 122.

[628] _India Census Report_ (1901), p. 283.

[629] _Archaeological Reports_, vol. xvii. p. 113.

[630] Crooke's _Tribes and Castes of N.W.P._, art Savara.

[631] _Tribes and Castes of N.W.P._, art. Savara.

[632] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Savar.

[633] _F. glomerata_.

[634] _Balaghat Gazetteer_, C.E. Low, p. 207.

[635] _Bhandara Settlement Report_ (A.J. Lawrence), p. 49.

[636] Major Lucie Smith's _Chanda Settlement Report_ (1869), p. 105.

[637] The following account of the process of gold-washing is taken from Mr. Low's _Balaghat Gazetteer_, p. 201.

[638] This article is compiled from a paper by Mr. Bhagirath Patnaik, Diwan of Rairakhol, and from notes taken by Mr. Hira Lal at Rairakhol.

[639] This article is partly based on an article by Mr. Raghunath Prasad, E.A.C., formerly Deputy Superintendent of Census, with extracts from the late Mr. Nunn's Monograph on the Gold and Silver Industries, and on information furnished by Krishna Rao, Revenue Inspector, Mandla.

[640] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Sunar.

[641] _Bombay Gazetteer_, vol. xvii. p. 134.

[642] See articles on Kunbi and Kurmi.

[643] Monograph on the Gold and Silverware of the Central Provinces (Mr. H. Nunn, I.C.S.), 1904. The tola is a rupee's weight, or two-fifths of an ounce.

[644] _Journal of Indian Art_, July 1909, p. 172.

[645] From a monograph on rural customs in Saugor, by Major W.D. Sutherland, I.M.S.

[646] Lang, _Myth, Ritual and Religion_, i. p. 98.

[647] _2 King Henry IV._ Act IV. Sc. 4.

[648] _Religion of the Semites_, note B., p. 453.

[649] _Bombay Gazetteer_, _Poona_, App. D., Ornaments.

[650] _Religion of the Semites_, Lecture III.

[651] 2 lbs.

[652] From a paper on Caste Panchayats, by the Rev. Failbus, C.M.S. Mission, Mandla.

[653] Rajendra Lal Mitra, _Indo-Aryans_ vol. i. p. 231.

[654] _Introduction to the History of Religion_, 3rd ed. p. 172.

[655] Monograph, _loc. cit._

[656] This account is taken from Buchanan's _Eastern India_, vol. ii. p. 100.

[657] _Bombay Gazetteer_, vol. xii. p. 71.