p 190. 
p.19. ft, 
p. 192, 
118 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. {February, 1913. 
into an umbrella when it rains; 9th, bow and arrows ; 10th, a 
long knife; llth, a pouch containing tobacco, a pipe, @ tlint- 
stone and similar articles. 
Neither women nor men are fond of long hair; they do 
not allow it to grow beyond 2 or 3 inches in length. 
The women wear heavy yellow necklaces, iron or wi a 
bracelets ; but the most peculiar article of their ornamenta 
apparel is their ear-rings ;—these are long spirals of wire shee 
two inches thick, sufficiently heavy to tear the ears, an 
stretch them out of shape, so that the ornaments dangle on 
the shoulders. The men wear but one kind of necklace; it 18 
adams are not a nomadic people, but possess large 
and fine villages. Their system 
i Women have no share in the 
government ; they cannot even set foot in the council-room. 
ivery male, reaching 
member of any assembly. 
six chiefs elected for life b 
y the people, sanctioned by the council, 
and promulgated by the president. Every decision is suppos 
to come from the people ; the chiefs have no right but to ap- 
prove and enforce it. Hence, the people proposes, the council 
sanctions, and the president promulgates. - 
Every ing, all the men gather in the spacious council- 
room to discuss the topics of the day, which means: (1) t0 
inform one another of what has been seen or heard ; (2) 1 
discuss the political questions put forth by one of the chiefs; 
(3) to settle what the village will do on the next day, for ye 
is understood that no one is free to dispose of his time as he 
ee ee eee 
l } 3: ibes 4 
similar ornament eee ree aes eas eet of Manipur, p. 32, describe re 
often inserted (into the pierced lobes) and the yo 
advantage of an empty cartridge case as a pers 
will make Fr. Krick’s meaning more intelligible.—[ A. G.] 
