CONTENTS. ix 



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Worship of Powers of Nature Fetishism Worship of Ancestors 

 Demigods and Heroes Idol Worship Sivaism Eeligious Cere- 

 monies The Great Spirit Eeligion of the Korkus Sun Worship 

 Burial Customs of the Tribes Personal Appearance Marriage Cus- 

 toms Economical Position of the Tribes Drunkenness Agricul- 

 tural Position The Timber Trade Demoralization of the Tribes 

 Eetribution Excise Laws Forest Regulations Improvement in 

 the Condition of the Aborigines Effect of High Prices Culture of 

 the Oil- seed Plant Influence of Hinduism Future of the Abori- 

 gines Measures Eequired Hindoo Pilgrims to the Shrine of Maha- 

 deo An Indian Fair Description of the Shrine The Eeligion of 

 Sivaism Human Sacrifices Omkar Mandhatta Death of a Victim 

 A Priestly Murder Cholera among the Pilgrims Panic and Flight 

 The Scapegoat 133 



CHAPTEK V. 



THE LAY OF SAINT LINGO. 



1. The Creation and Exile of the Gonds 2. The Coming of Lingo 3. The 

 Deliverance of the Gonds 4. Subdivision into Tribes, and Worship 

 of the Gond Deities 179 



CHAPTEE VI. 



THE TEAK EEGION. 



The Trap Country Condition of the Teak Forests Other Timber Trees 

 The Tapti Valley The Frankincense Tree Aspect of the Forests 

 in the Trap Eegion Jungle Fires Ancient Settlements The Kor- 

 kus of the Tapti Valley Difficulty of Exploration Wild Sports The 

 Sambar Deer Its Habits and Food Death of the Bori Stag Horns 

 of the Sambar Curious Occurrences in Shooting Incidents in Tiger 

 Shooting Stalking the Sambar The Hatti Hills The Bheels A 

 Bheel Fort Mahomedan Architecture Difficulty of finding Sambar 

 Dhaotea Disappearance of the Sambar Eeturn to the Plains The 

 Valley of the Vultures Eeturn to the Sambar Ground Shoot a Stag 

 Miss another The Four-horned Antelope Bison Shooting The 

 " Shrimp" and the " Skunk" Find a Herd Kill a Bull A 

 Dangerous Position A Solitary Bull We miss the Water Another 

 Bull Killed A Herd of Sambar Account of a Bag . . . .199 



