754 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (December, 1911. 
distance of seven paces is measured out by the accuser, or in: 
the case of the man being under trial his supposed victim 
a sporting chance by having her hands protected by a layer 
of seven leaves of the pi tree. This trial by ordeal is 
vogue with the Sansiyas, and Major Gunthorpe* mentions a 
similar trial practised by the Kolhattis of the Deccan. . 
n ‘* Castes and Tribes,’’? i is article on Kanjars, 
Mr. Crooke says: ‘‘ Their chief oaths are to stand in a riveru 
f sweets (batdshds), jackal flesh, if available, and count 
spirit (daroo), all this being paid for by the contestants. 
aters, etc. (all of whom were Geharas), was one Sowda 
While they were out, Kallu states that Sowdagir spoke som 
thing to the sahib in English, which he (Kallu) did not unde 
stand. Kallu held that etiquette required that anyt 
ee. Crooke’s Tribes and Castes, vol. iv 
Docabet be A Uastes, 4 » pP- 981, 
5 Notes on Criminal sah pe ng Gunthorpe, p. 49. 
Gee s » P- 48. 
