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work over again. He is obstinate., he is as crooked as his 

 sickle. He is great at giving alms although lie is poor. He 

 wants beating, he wants plundering. He is thought unfit tor 

 higher education. He talks at random. His devotion lasts as 

 long as he wants help, but there is no giver like him. H 

 wants looking alter, he believes in ghosts, he of the Konkan 

 has no courage. He will pine away, if the rains are insufficient. 

 (64) The Lalia, a cross breed of Gujerat, plays with the danc- 

 ing girls of the country. He gets a band of music gratis for 

 his marriage. (65) The Labhan is a name given to the Charan in 

 the Maratha country. He is a great onion-eater. (66) Langha 

 is a class of immodest drummers and dancers in Sind. A 

 Langha is shameless. (67) Likhan is a class of writers in Sind, 

 whose script is so unintelligible that God alone can read it 

 (68) The Lingayat and his priest the Jangam are the natives of 

 the Kanara districts. The Jangam has no family. He wears 

 no sacred thread. The Lingayat-oil-man is called Banjig. He 

 knows all about oil-seeds. (69) In the Lohar's (Smith) lot, 

 there are embers. In Gujerat you are advised not to sit near 

 him. His face is always black with smoke and coal-dust. The 

 Marathas say that " where there is Lobar there is iron." (70) 

 The Gujerat Machhi or fisher- woman is very talkative. (71) The 

 Madigana or cobbler of Kanara is dirty and untouchable. (72) 

 The Mahar of the Maratha country has a right to a bread from 

 every house, as he is the hereditary watchman, but if he gets 

 a .-mall quantity of grain he and his wife get stuck up. His 

 touch defiles. He is the gate-keeper of the village. The gift of 

 an old blanket pleases him. His children being low, play with 

 bones. (73) Low caste residents of Mainwara in Rajputana 

 are called Mainds in the Maratha country. A Maind prospers 

 during famine, because his land is artificially irrigated. If 

 offended the Mali will not give flowers. The Mali may watei 

 his plants assiduously, but he must wait for the fruit until the 

 season comes. (75) The Manbhfiv or Shudra priests lead a 

 celibate life. (76) The Mangs of the Maratha country are 

 keepers of paths. They are a depressed tribe and the mar- 

 riage tie is very loose among them. (77) In Gujerat and Kathi- 

 awar the Marathas of the three-cornered turban are not trust- 

 ed. (78) The money-lender of Marwar and specially of Bikaner 

 is called a Marwari in Gujerat. He is said to be increasing like 

 wild cactus. He is selfish. Like crows Marwaris are seen every- 

 where. (79) The Miliar or herdsman is absent-minded, but an 

 invocation is added that "May he not die and leave his herd 

 orphaned." He is necessary. (80) The Mochi or shoe-maker 

 of Sind gets beaten with shoes of his own make. In Gujerat 

 and Kathiawar, he is considered a fool, his aunt wears a dress 

 received as a gift (a skit against looseness), his wife easily 

 leaves him and marries another; a Mochi will grieve, because 

 he cannot get his own skin to tan. The sons of Moehis are 



