176 GANJAM, 



tions are of the rudest description, and 

 many of the Gronds of the Kharonde 

 and Bastar forests are entirely without 

 clothing. Their pottery, however, is 

 often prettily shaped, being evidently 

 moulded on the pattern of the bottle- 

 gourd, that curious natural exemplar 

 which seems to have been specially 

 formed for the instruction of the potter. 

 These gourds, which are produced in 

 endless variety of proportion, from the 

 flat-bodied, long-necked goblet to the 

 capacious bottle with mouthpiece of 

 suitable length, are common in the 

 Khond villages, and the potters imitate 

 their outlines. 



The history of the successive races 

 which have inhabited Ganjam is thus a 

 mere repetition of what has occurred 



