1876.] V.A.Smith — Popular Songs of BmideWiand. 33 



lect a good deal o£ information whilst residing among them as Sm'geon of 

 the Maiwar Bhil corps. In the chapter on the religion of the Bhils, Dr. 

 Hendley notices the caii'ns and stJidns, which are erected on the summits of 

 high hills, and the curious reverence of the people for the horse, which, as 

 Sir J. Malcom says, the Bhils worship and do not mount. Then follows a 

 description of the customs observed at births, marriages and deaths, of the 

 government and the agricultru'e of the tribe, and statistical tables contain- 

 ing race measurements. The Bhil skull is but slightly dolicho-cephalic, and 

 differs very much from the long thin- walled cranium of the jDui'e Hindu. 

 The chapter on Language contains an outline of Bhil grammar, a vocabu- 

 lary, and a list of proj)er nouns ; and the paper ends with specimens of 

 Bhil songs. 



A plate of Bhil arms and ornaments wiU be published, with the essay, 

 in No. IV. of Ft. I. of the Journal for' 1875. 



2. Popular Songs of the Hamirpw- Districi, BimdelTchand, North Western 

 Provinces, — By Vincent A. Smith, B. A., C. S. 



(Abstract.) 



Mr. Vuicent Smith submits specimens of songs from Bundelkhand in 

 honour of Hardaul, a son of the notorious Bir Sing Deo Bvuidela, Eaja of 

 U'rcha, who was poisoned by his brother Jhajhar Sing. His ghost is wor- 

 shipped in every village, and chiefly at weddings and in the month of 

 Baisakh. Hardaid is also j^ropitiated with songs when storms appear. 



The Hindi of the songs is peculiar, and Mr. Vuacent Smith has pro- 

 mised to favour the Society with other sjDecimens. 



The paper will appear in No. IV. Pt. I. of the Joiu-nal, for 1875. 



