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smoked cheroots, his dusky skin shines 

 with recent lubrication, and the white 

 cloth folded round his waist is so dis- 

 posed that its ends fall behind him like 

 the tail of an ox. Across his shoulder is 

 a lath of bamboo, at each end of which 

 is a round bundle about the size of 

 a man's head ; this is his turmeric, which 

 is neatly packed in leaves, and which 

 he will barter in the bazaar for shin- 

 ing brass, ware, or cloth, or perhaps 

 he will be seen on his return slowly 

 urging up the ghaut some feeble, half- 

 starved cow or bullock, which after 

 a few months of the abundant fodder 

 of the jungles will become sleek and 

 fat. The picture, however, is incom- 

 plete without mention of the tungi 

 and bow, both of which the Khond 



