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Toda. They may be classed as Hindus ; and, to the introduction among 

 them of some of the Hindu observances, they seem to owe the little 

 civilization to which they can be said to have claim. 



The Todas do not consider the Erulars as forming a part of the in- 

 habitants of the hills, but they allow this designation to the Curumbars, 

 whom they call Curbs, and from whom they receive certain services. 



The next are the Cohatars. They occupy many of the elevated parts 

 of the mountains. 



They are a strange race, have no distinction of caste, and differ as 

 much from the other tribes of the mountains as they do from all other 

 natives of India. They cultivate a considerable quantity of the different 

 kinds of millet, and of the poppy, and sometimes a httle barley. They 

 are the only artisans of the hills, being goldsmiths, potters, chaccileis, 

 &c. They are not Hindus, but worship ideal gods of their own, which, 

 however, they do not represent by any image. Their villages are, many 

 of them, very prettily situated, and generally on a hill ; and every hill 

 thus occupied is called Cohatagiri, or, as more commonly pronounced, 

 Cotagiri. These people the Todas call Cuvs, their term for mechanics. 



We now come to the numerous, the most wealthy, and what must be 

 considered the most civilized class of the inhabitants. These are the 

 Burghers, or Buddagers. 



By this general term is understood the whole of the people who, 

 since a certain period, have migrated to these mountains. They divide 

 themselves into no less than eight different classes, but are all Hindus 

 of the Siva sect, and the dissimilitude among most of these classes is 

 too trifling to be worthy of remark. The least respected among them 

 are a class who, as well as being cultivators of the earth, also manufac- 

 ture a coarse kind of sackcloth ; other two of the classes are of the 

 caste who wear the hngam, one being superior, and quahfied to officiate 

 as priests to the whole of the others ; and another of the classes are 

 repudiated Brahmins. These, however, still wear the sacerdotal string, 

 and retain some privileges in the performance of their worship ; but 

 they are classed with the other people, and are without any pretension 

 to superiority over them. 



These several classes compose the tribe which by us is known by the 

 general term Burgher.* They are the principal cultivators, and as 



* Called by the natives, generally, and more properly, Badacars or 

 Yadacars from Badacu, or Vadacu, north, >iaving come to the hills 

 from that quarter. In number about 10,000, of both sexes and all ages. 



