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grain they chiefly live ; and the natives assert, that 

 if they were not to have their due proportion, in 

 another year they would not allow a single grain 

 to become ripe, but would destroy it when green. 

 In this account, perhaps, superstition has its 

 full influence. 



In Bundbissunpore and Roganautpore, the 

 Hunamans abound. They destroy a great part 

 of the vegetables belonging to the natives, parti- 

 cularly pumpions, cucumbers, and melons. When 

 out shooting, I have been frequently requested by 

 villagers to drive them away, they being actually 

 afraid to do it themselves, from religious or 

 superstitious reasons. 



