6 H. Rivett-Carnac — Stone implements. [Jan. 



chattels they contained, were sold as intestate proi3erty. Most o£ the fol- 

 lowers of the new faith, finding that the Swami was no better than an 

 ordinary mortal, disbelieved what he had inculcated and reverted to Hin- 

 duism, Those of his disciples and followers who had left their homes and 

 friends and had been outcasted continued to practise the new faith they 

 had embraced. 



" 9. At present there are only two places of worship in Dhenkanal, 

 one at Joranda where Mahima Swami died and was interred, and ano- 

 ther at Mahalpara where Narsing Das now lives. The Kumbhipatias re- 

 sort to the former and the Kanapatias to the latter of these places ; they 

 are reported not to be on good terms with each other. During the lifetime 

 of Mahima Swami, the Kumbhipatias and Kanapatias were not regarded 

 as distinct sects. Any person who wished to adopt the new religion iii'st 

 became an A'srita, which literally means protected. He was not required to 

 leave his house and friends ; afterwards if he wished to forsake the world 

 he was required to eat with every person without distinction of caste and 

 to remain at one of the places of worship called tungis. In this noviciate, 

 he was allowed to wear cloth and was therefore called Kanapatia. If after 

 trial any of the Kanapatias was considered fit to be a Kumbhipatia, 

 Mahima Swami favoured him with a kumbhipat bark of the kumbhi tree, 

 and from that time he was prohibited to wear cloth. 



" 10. The followers of Mahima Swami appear to have had no 

 leader since his death ; they are scattered throughout the Gurjats of Orissa, 

 in the Chattisgar Division of the Central Provinces, in the regulation dis- 

 tricts of Orissa and in Ganjam, the adjoining district of the Madras Presi- 

 dency. The system has, however, taken more in Sambalpur than elsewhere." 



Mr. H. Riyett-Caenac exhibited a large number of stone implements, 

 some of well known, and others believed to be of entirely new types, found 

 by Mr. J. Cockburn and himself in the Banda District of the North West 

 Provinces. The celts or stone hatchets of which the collection is chiefly 

 composed were, he said, of a type long familiar to the Society, and many 

 specimens had been figured and described at different times in the Society's 

 Journal by Messrs. H. P. Le Mesurier, Ball, Cockburn and others. The 

 old types resembled in every respect the implements found in Europe and 

 other parts of the world and figured by Evans in his ' Ancient Stone imple- 

 ments,' and by Stephens in * Flint Chips.' Some celts found in Banda 

 by an officer of the Revenue Survey had come into Mr. Rivett-Carnac's 

 possession some time ago and were presented by him through Mr. Francks, 

 F. R. S., F. S. A., to the British Museum. Mr. Evans, F. R. S., the well 

 known author of ' Ancient Stone Implements,' had seen these specimens 

 and had urged the importance of a careful search being made for more 



