eexxxiv Proceedings of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
and the Lurka Coles of Singbum (meaning the Hos). But 
of the customs and manners of these strange tribes next 
to nothing was yet known. The entire ethnological informa- 
tion about Chota Nagpur given in this second edition of the 
“‘East India Gazetteer’’ is contained in the following para- 
graph: ‘‘ The impervious fastnesses here conceal many strange 
tribes, who even at this late era of Hindu predominance, have 
not yet become converts to the Brahminical doctrines, and are 
consequently classed by the priests among the abominable. 
The Khetauri, the Koeri, and the Dhanggar still compose 
the bulk of the inhabitants and some of these are said to 
speak the Hindi Language. The Dhanggar are still impure 
unconverted Mlechhas or barbarians. This territory contains 
a large proportion of Cole and Lurka Cole tribes, more especially 
in the pergunnah of Tamar and the tracts situated near the hills 
that separate it from Singbhoom, where there were disturbances 
in 1822. The Tamar female Coles possess some wearing apparel , 
but those of the Lurka Coles go entirely naked except a small 
piece of cloth. They appear to be Hindoos, but of the most 
deg: castes.” 
Thornton’s ‘‘ Gazetteer of the Territories under the East 
India Company” which appeared in four volumes in 1854, di 
not make any material addition to the then meagre knowledge 
of the people of India, although in the Preface to this book 
which was compiled under the authority of the Hon’ble Court 
of Directors of the East India Company, chiefly from docu- 
ments in their possession, we are told,— the present work is 
the first that ever aspired to the character of completeness as 
a Gazetteer of the territories under the Government of the 
East ate Company and of the native States on the continent 
of India.” : 
and with such a uniform nomenclature and arrangement, that 
it may be afterwards possible to weld together the whole of the 
information thus obtained.” The author hoped that such an 
‘ethnological skeleton’ might serve as a guide and model into 
which the various details collected by future investigators 
might be fitted. Mr. Justice Campbell frankly characterizes 
his paper as *‘ an avowedly imperfect sketch, designed to elicit 
the information which may afterwards render possible some- 
thing more complete.” This modest attitude is in agreeable 
