108 STATE OF THE COUNTET. 



would not allow the Fundar to bully them, 

 were they not afraid of our government. It 

 is perhaps as well that they are so, for 

 despite then- honesty and other good quali- 

 ties, they are a lawless set in some of their 

 notions, and fifty years ago they were very 

 much in the same state as the north of 

 England and Scotland in "the good old 

 times." In most of the villages there still 

 exists a square wooden tower, to which the 

 women and childi'en used to retire in times 

 of danger. 



There is one feud over which the villagers 

 of Jalah and Sookee (two of the highest 

 villages of the Gangootrie valley) brood to 

 this day. Years ago the grandfathers of the 

 present race crossed the head of the valley, 

 upon an exploring expedition in the country 

 beyond. Journeying peaceably onwards, the 

 party arrived at the village of Mannah, 

 where they were kindly received and hos- 

 pitably feasted, and having exchanged caps 

 with the villagers, as certain a mark of 

 friendship in the hills as two chiefs in the 



