140 INHABITANTS OF THE HILLS. 



diate part of the same range of hills forming 

 the district of Ramghur, the inhabitants ap- 

 pear to be a mixture between the before 

 mentioned people, and the inhabitants of the 

 lower part of Bengal ; their hair being long, 

 and their noses not remarkably flat or sharp. 

 The greater part of them are known by the 

 appellation of Buoyeahs and Bouctas, who 

 according to their tradition were the abori- 

 gines of that country, but from appearences, I 

 should judge that they descended from an 

 intercourse between the hill people with wool- 



cutting water courses, digging tanks &c. &c. and as soon 

 as they have saved a few rupees, they always return to 

 their native hills, where they live on it a year or two. 

 Rice their chief article of food, being there very cheap. 

 A Daunger may be hired at Chittrah to go to Calcutta 

 which is upwards of three hundred miles, and return with 

 a heavy load carried on a bargy for three rupees, eight 

 annas, which is eight shillings and nine pence. Their 

 usual load is 18 Bottles of wine, I have often known 

 them to carry two dozen. most of the wine drank at 

 Chittrah whilst I was there, was conveyed thither in this 

 way. 



