118 Progress of the Trigonometrical Survey. [No. 2, 
Assistant, was employed in 1860-61, in triangulating along the Eastern 
Frontier, from the south of Gowhatty to Cherra Poonjee. Recent 
prohibitions regarding the impressment of coolies occasioned much 
embarrasment, notwithstanding that the majority of the Cossyahs 
are porters by trade; delay was thus caused in taking the field, and 
pays him the greatest reverence and respect, and remains standing during any 
interview which may take place between them, The Praboo, as this Brahmin is 
called, is not very popular from having cut down the expenses of the Rajah, re- 
duced his retinue, discharged many of his retainers, and sold the superfluous 
elephants and horses. He has done much good since the country has been under 
his management. A younger brother of the Rajah, Barchand Thakoor, resides 
at Agratolla, He has received the rudiments of an English education, and has 
been taught Chemistry, Medicine and Photography, and amuses himself with 
taking likenesses. He takes no part in business, and seems to have no influence 
whatever. 
“The court being composed of Bengalis, none of these men were willing, or 
would volunteer their services when an agent was required, to accompany Mr, 
Ellison, and their reluctance to do so may be attributable to the difficulties they 
would have to encounter in an unexplored, uninhabited portion of the country 
through which Mr, Ellison pointed out to them on the map that the work would 
have to be conducted. 
On enquiry, Mr. Ellison learned that the country was uninhabited owing to 
the inroads of the Kachak Kookies, an independent tribe, who leave their hills 
and fastuesses in the interior, and make frequent forays, plundering and murder- 
ing the Tipperah Rajah’s people. The great dread of this savage and inhuman 
tribe causes such a panic throughout this portion of the country, that all the 
inhabitants deserted their villages and settled on the Frontier, or in the Cachar, 
Sylhet and Comillah districts, and no persuasion will induce them to accompany 
a small detachment such as Mr. Hllison’s was. With a large armed force able 
to repel any attaek, these very people, formerly subjects of the Rajah of Tipperah, 
are ready to render every assistance, and to guide the force, in order that the 
Kachak Kookies may be severely punished, nay exterminated from the country. 
“There are several tribes in Independent Tipperah. The Kookies, Nagas and 
Tipperahs inhabit the hills and jungles. They select a locality for their village, 
clear it and the surrounding hills and valleys, and cultivate the rich virgin soil 
for two, three, or at the utmost, four years, and then remove to some other 
equally favorable locality. They chiefly cultivate cotton, a fourth of which is 
given to the Rajah annually; a portion is spun and manufactured into coarse 
cloth for household use, and some pieces of cloth of better texture, as well as 
the surplus cotton, are taken to the nearest hat, or market, and exchanged for 
goats, pigs, dogs, fowls or ornaments, hey also cultivate rice, yams, and a 
gram termed chena, (which grows only on these hills,) for their own consump- 
tion. The Kookies and Nagas have no caste, they eat dogs and cats; in fact 
every animal and every bird is eaten. The Kookies of Assam, Cachar, Manipur 
and Tipperah have different dialects, and the same may be said of the language 
of the Nagas of the above-named places. The Tipperahs, in dress, appearance 
and habits, resemble the inhabitants of Assam. ‘They have their own language 
and are a low caste of Hindus; from constant intercourse with the people of 
the plains they are more civilized, and understand Bengali. The Tipperahs are 
candid, straight-forward, cheerful, and of all the hill tribes met with on this side 
are most trustworthy and intelligent. The Kookies and Nagas area sullen, 
morose, treacherous set, and cannot be conciliated or depended upon, They do 
not mix with their neighbours, and consequently retain their barbarism. The 
Kachar Kookies are an independent tribe, and nothing is known of them exc ept 
that they make frequent incursions, rob, plunder and murder, the inhabitants: ” 
