I2 4 IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE. 



of clothing beyond the garb of mother Eve after 

 her expulsion from the Garden of Eden, but instead 

 of fig-leaves sewn together, each Juang woman had 

 a narrow cord round the waist to which were 

 suspended a few sal leaves in front, and a large 

 bunch behind. I afterwards learnt that it is only 

 the married women that are permitted by Juang 

 custom to use even such little covering, the un- 

 married girls going entirely naked. The men wear 

 a narrow strip of the wild plantain bark as a 

 lungotee. I asked Mookroo if he could induce 

 them to come over to our side of the stream. 

 " Hejumay / Hejumay / (Come here ! Come here !) " 

 he shouted in the Khol dialect, and the whole 

 group vanished as if they had sunk into the 

 ground. Not a rustle in the bushes, not a 

 moving object to be seen ; yet they were there 

 just now, and gone the instant after. We searched 

 the ground minutely without finding any trace of 

 them. I was much disappointed, as I wished to 

 make a closer acquaintance with this wild people. 

 Mookroo said that if the Jhoras and I would 

 return to camp, he would remain behind, and 

 he felt confident he would be able to induce 

 them to visit my camp if I promised them 

 tobacco, of which they were very fond. 



We accordingly set out for camp, leaving the 

 Khol behind. I was having a cup of tea at 

 about five p.m., when Mookroo advanced, and 

 said that the Juangs had come. With some 

 difficulty they were induced to come up to my 

 tent a grey-headed old man leading the way. 



