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captnred by Khonds. The Special Agency 

 for Suppressing Meria under Colonel Camp- 

 bell. Force at his Disposal. His Success 

 and that of Captain MacNeil. Attempt to 

 Make an Agricultural Community of Rescued 

 Merias. Its Failure. Limits of the Khond 

 Country. Survey Maps. Khond Cultiva- 

 tion. Full Dress. Khond Trade. Khond 

 Tribal Combats. My "Work as Special 

 Agent. Change in the Character of the 

 Force. Police Patrol and Measures to Stop 

 Infanticide. Absence and Return to Gan- 

 jam, January, 1866. Bad News. Encounter 

 of Police with Kootiya Khonds. The 

 Soorada Khonds. Collisions with Them. 

 Simli. Our Captives. Submission of the 

 Tribe. Khond Women. The Oath. A 

 Rattle. Sal Trees. The Famine." The 

 Cry of the Land " . pp. 243-270. 



