u6 WILD LIFE IN NORTH CANARA. 



Scarcely less imposing in appearance 

 are the women, each with her staff, and 

 sometimes a child carried upon the hip. 

 They wear a petticoat tied' at the waist, 

 a spencer above it, and on the head a 

 coloured shawl which falls over the 

 shoulders. Many bangles of brass or 

 glass adorn both the arms and the 

 ankles ; the effect of the costume, which 

 differs entirely from that of the Hindoo 

 women, is decidedly picturesque. 



These people are Lumbadies, members 

 of the widely spread tribe which has for 

 centuries threaded the forests and bye- 

 ways of India, often provisioning armies 

 in the field (our own among the rest), 

 and always fulfilling their obligations 

 faithfully. In times of peace their office 

 has been to carry to the seaports and 



