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Nursima. Mungee. 



Yencata. Jummini. 



Dava. Chowli. 



Gunga. Meetuddi. 



Hosba. Toolcee. 



These hills are frequently visited by a certain gipsy 

 tribe, the Lambani, or Brinjari, or, as they were here 

 called, the Sukali, whose head-quarters are at Orissa. 

 They wander about in gangs under a headman, accom- 

 panied by their cattle and all their worldly possessions. 

 They never stay very long in one place, but, I under- 

 stand, they make excellent coolies on coffee plantations. 

 In the olden days of Indian warfare, these people used 

 to make themselves eminently serviceable as grain- 

 carriers, on the backs of their cattle ; the remembrance 

 of which induced the Duke of Wellington, during the 

 Mahrattawar, and, again. Colonel Coke and others dur- 

 ing the late Mutiny, to employ them in districts which 

 were either exhausted, or where sufficient carriage was 

 not obtainable, to supply the bazaars with food. The 

 haunts of the Brinjaris, for the purpose of pasturing 

 their cattle, were pretty well known ; and, although 

 they avoided populated districts, the offer of a good 

 round sum would always secure their services. Colonel 

 Meadows Taylor, in his most interesting work, " Story 

 of my Life," gives his readers a little insight into the 



