106 FAIEIES. 



their chief belief is in the Fairies, and to 

 them they sacrifice. That is, should a man 

 be ill, the priest, with certain ceremonies, 

 kills a sheep or goat belonging to the poor 

 sick villager, and by way of propitiating the 

 Fau'ies and ensuring the patient's recovery, 

 has a good supper himself. On one of our 

 expeditions, Ossaroo (my right-hand man on 

 the hill side) was taken so ill just before we 

 crossed the Buspa pass from Gangoutrie 

 into Koonawur, that we were forced to leave 

 him behind and order him home. Two 

 months afterwards, on our return to his 

 village, we found him still very ill, and as he 

 had got through all his sheep and goats, 

 by the help of the priests, he had but a bad 

 chance of recovery ; so we carried him oif 

 with us, and with a little care and a few 

 calomel pills we soon put liim on his legs 

 again. 



Throughout the country belonging to the 

 Teree Rajah, which includes the upper 

 villages of Jumnootrie and Gangootrie, the 

 people are wretchedly governed ; being what 



