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is compared to a leech, that must attach 
itself to one thing with its mouth, before 
it will loosen its held on another with 
the tail. The body, therefore, does not 
die till this living spirit has found ano- 
ther resting place, which it chuses by a 
fatal instinct, according to its deserts. 
That this religion has been conquered 
by the Bramins in Hindostan is certain; 
their bhooddha is like our doctrine of 
eonsubstantiation, the relic of a faith 
which once struggled for superiority, but 
is now obsolete and neglected. It is 
not, however, so easy to explain the traces 
of the Hindoo system which appear 
among the Ceylonese. A far more mi- 
nute and methodical account of this my- 
thology, asit exists in Ava, may be found 
in the last volume of the Asiatic Re- 
searches, by Dr. Buchanan. 
3. Narrative of a route from Chunar- 
ghur to Yertnagoodum, in the Ellore 
Circar, by Captain J. T. Blunt. 
Captain Blunt was employed by go- 
vernment to explorea route through that 
part of India, which lies between Berar, 
Orissa, and the northern Circars ; he had 
with him a party of a Jamadar, and 
thirty Sepoys. he people among whom 
he travelled seem to have been desperate 
savages, 
** T never indeed met with a people who 
shewed less inclination to hold converse of 
any kind with strangers, than these moun- 
taineers in general. This disposition in’a 
great measure frustrated every attempt I made 
to acquire information of their manners and 
customs ; auieng which the sacrifice of birds, 
by suspending them by the tips of their wings 
to the trees and bushes, on each side of the 
road, and leaving them to perish by degrees, 
was almost the only peculiar one | could dis- 
cover. The cause of this cruel practice I ne- 
ver could learn; yet I frequently observed, 
that although the birds were suspended at a 
convenient height for travellers to pass under 
them, the Goands. would never do so, but al- 
ways took a circuit to avoid them. I once 
observed a ram extended by th® feet in the 
same manner. ‘Their food appeared to be 
the most simple imaginable, consisting chiefly 
of the roots and produce of their woods.— 
They go for the indst part naked: when cold 
they alleviate itby making fires, forwhich their 
forests supply them with abundance of fuel; 
aud when the heat of the sun becomes oppres- 
sive, they seck shelter, and recline under the 
shade of large trees. ; j 
«« They always endeavour to surprize their 
enemy, in preference to engaging him in open 
combat, however confident of superiority 
they may be. With that view, when on any 
hostile excursion, they never kindle a fire, but 
carry with thenva sufficiency of ready~dressed 
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provisions, to serve during the probable termi 
of their absence ; they march in the night, 
proceeding with the greatest expedition, and 
observing the most profound silence. When 
day overtakes them they halt, and lie con- 
cealed in a kind of bammock, which they 
fasten among the branches of the loftiest trees; 
so that they cannot be perceived by any per- 
son passing underneath. From this cireum- 
stance of ambuscade, the idea has originated 
of their living in trees instead of houses.— 
When they have, in this manner, approached 
their enemy unperceived, they generally make 
their attack about the dawn, and commence 
it with a great shout, and striking of their 
spears against their shields. If they are suc- 
cessful in their onset, they seldom ‘spare ei- 
ther age or sex; at times, however, they make 
captives of the children, and often adopt them 
into their families when they have none of 
their own; and the only slaves among them 
are captives thus taken.” 
There should have been a map to elu- 
cidate this journal. 
4. An Account of a new Species of 
Delphinus, an Inhabitant of the Ganges, 
by Dr. Roxburgh. 
5. Translation of one of the Inserip- 
tions on the Pillar at Delee, called the 
Lat of Feeroz Shah, by Henry Cole- 
brooke, esq. 
There are six inscriptions upon this 
pillar ; of five no translation has been yet 
favourable, they are therefore here en- 
graved. ‘Tlie other was translated in 
the first volume of these Researches, by 
Sir William Jones, but from an impers 
fect copy ; and it is worthy of remark, 
that the date which Sir William suspected 
to be 123 of the era of Vicramaditya, or 
A.D. 67, proves to be 1220 of that era, 
or A.D. 1164. . If similar means of de- 
tection should ever be found, we have 
little doubt that all Hindoo chronology 
would shrink in at least an equal) pro- 
portion. 
6. An Account of the Kookies or 
Lunctas, by John Macrze, esq. 
The Kookies are a race of mountain- 
eers, living to the north-east of. the 
Chittangong province, the least. civilized 
of any of these mountain tribes that are 
as yet known to the Europeans; they 
have the flat nose, small eyes, and broad 
round face, which characterise all the 
natives of eastern Asia.’ They are di. 
vided into a number of distinct tribes, 
who may be said to be independent: of 
each other, though all acknowledge the 
authority of one or other of their beredi- 
tary rajahs... The chieftainship iny the 
tribes is,elective. »). the og 
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