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Mungo Parks’ Travels, Chapter VI, that 8 oe is very 
firmly believed in by the Christian of Abyssi 
TRIBAL TOTEMS. The tribal totems of the Gehara 
The Dog—anyone killing a dog is outcasted and not re-admit- 
ted to the Brddari until he has expiated his sin in the Ganges. 
Other totems which they are barred from eating, though they 
may kill them, are the Horse, Ass, Snake, Tiger, Wolf, Cheel 
(kite), Gidh (vulture)' and Parrot. Every other animal or 
ird in the world may be, and as many as are procurable, are 
eaten by all Kanjars. 
=a vulture. The “prmhe” have a sept who will not throw 
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a stone at a vulture, and Sir Herbert Risley cemie a similar sept of 
Bengal Oraons. The Beriyas have a sectional name—gidhmar or vulture- 
killer. Such occupational titles septs see és rid rite an original 
hunting ; ve Dhanuk (from Dhdni—a bow r 
jackal-slayer, gohhar = igu teher. , the snake m 
hd from Bahali or bahari a falcon, and dozens of other such 
sectional ing among ¢ who tually classified by 
Mr. Nestield (Brief View of Caste ystem of the N.W. Provinces and h 
aa J. os Nesfield) as allied to the Hunting State. The status of all 
tribes i is so low that I would rather i them to be ‘‘ Casteless 
widen” ’ allied to the Hunting Sta 
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