302 PROCEEDINGS OE THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 



he lives as he best can on turtle, pig, centipedes, beetles, 

 and roots. 1 cheered him with a ])resent of tea and sugar, 

 and tobacco, and spent a long time talking with him that 

 evening and next morning. 



It was on this occasion that I saw the famous native 

 pig ; he had l)een freshly killed, and was now cut up, 

 boiled in an old camp kettle, and then further cut up and 

 distributed ; previous to the cutting up he had been 

 burnt and singed as is done here in Gloucestershire. 

 This tribe that evening were not altogether happy, for 

 though they were enjoying a good square meal, yet they 

 had caught no turtle ; for all turtle they catch are handed 

 over to the Government who send them to Calcutta, and 

 the proceeds of the sale are applied to the purchase of 

 rice, for the use of all who choose to take advantage of 

 the " Home." 



The dress of the native is of the simplest. The men 

 wear absolutely nothing, and the women a bustle, a 

 leaf-apron, a necklace of bones, and a coronet of the same 

 material ; as ornaments the men wear an armlet made like 

 the women's bustle, and a necklace of shells (Dentalium 

 octagonum) and at times a coronet of human or other 

 bones. Garters of shells and beads are also worn, but as 

 a rule, if the man be married, his wife will reap the 

 advantage of any beads which may be presented to her 

 husband. This costume is what they wear when not in 

 the settlement, which they visit at times ; and then they 

 are obliged to put on a little more, the women a skirt, 

 which when over the dress-improver or bustle, produces a 

 most ludicrous effect ; the men wear drawers. All 

 natives who choose to come, are taken care of at the 

 "Home," which receives Rs. 200 per month from Govern- 

 ment, and the funds are further aided by the sale of 

 turtle, shells, bows and arrows, &c. ; rice and a coarse 

 w^ooUen rug for use in the cold season are provided, but 

 as a rule they never stay long at the " Home," preferring 



