gZ ON THE INHABITANTS OF THE 



and Mammary. The first is to the south-west o^Ra* 

 jamahaUy extending as far as Slcrigutly ; the second is 

 thence in a westerly direction, as far as Shawhdbad\ 

 and the third lies to the south of Ghutyy, from whose 

 people those on the borders of Bheerboom, and south- 

 east of BajamalialJ, differ in many respects. What- 

 ever was material in these latter Tuppahs, was relat- 

 ed by a Soiibadar from that quarter to the one who 

 can write ; and both attended me in translating therm 

 The tuppalis of Mudbun^ Pyer, Chiloleah y Barcope y 

 Futsundaw, Jumnee^ Hurnah Par, Dumsai, Kaaeeallah* 

 and others, have customs also peculiar to themselves* 

 These I shall endeavour to ascertain. 



The following relates immediately to the Tuppahs 

 of Mudgeway t Glrurry y and Mimnuary, from which 

 may be collected what ideas the inhabitants have of 

 one Supreme Being, of a future state, and of trans- 

 migration. It is true they worship many gods, but 

 these are considered inferior to, and the medium of 

 adoration of, one all powerful and omniscient Being ; 

 whom thev call Bedo Gossaih, or the Great God. 

 Their opinions on the metempsychosis, it is probable, 

 have been borrowed from the Hindus, though they 

 profess no particular veneration for the cow, or any 

 other animal; for they believe it a punishment when 

 God ordains a human soul to transmigrate into am, of 

 the brute creation ; and it is also a received opinion, 

 that for certain crimes in this life, souls are condemned 

 to the vegetable world. 



The natives of the hills in these Tuppahs, having 

 no knowledge of letters, or of any character, have a 



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