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they now inhabit the semi-forest region 

 skirting the hills, and cultivate the 

 lands of some eight or ten zemindari 

 estates, the appanages of ancient Oori- 

 yah families. 



The Teloogoos are a strong and manly 

 race, differing from the Ooriyahs much 

 as the Germans differ from the French ; 

 they are ryots holding their lands direct 

 from the British Government. 



In times still more remote, the Oori- 

 yahs must have dispossessed and driven 

 into the hills the Khond and Sourah 

 tribes who now inhabit them. Where 

 these races are in contact with the 

 Ooriyah zemindaries, they acknowledge 

 a sort of fealty to the zemindar, but 

 this authority is of a vague character, 

 and does not extend far, and except in 



