92 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [February, 1913.] 
hog or the Rs. 10 is distributed as follows :— 
4 of the hog or Rs. 5 goes to the bride’s party, 
1 of the hog or Rs. 2-8 goes to Panchayat. and 
4 of the hog or Rs. 2-8 goes to the bridegroom’s party. 
These are recognized fees and are called Khhari Tekha. When 
the accounts have finally been ‘‘ found,”’ the total is recorded 
as being the price the husband shall recover from the co- 
respondent in the event of a divorce. 
There is one little detail of the ceremony which is inter- 
esting to record. On to the bamboo pole or Mundha very often 
a wooden representation of a parrot is tied. Now a parrot is 
one of the general totems of the tribe and is with the dog 
about the only live creature which they may not and do not 
kill or eat. 
