THE KHOND HIGHLANDS. 251 



The consequence of this formation 

 is that the saucer-shaped valleys into 

 which much of the country is divided 

 are abundantly supplied with water, 

 and rice is grown on their lower slopes 

 without the aid of artificial sources 

 of irrigation. The Khonds terrace 

 these rice grounds with great care and 

 skill, maintaining a perfectly horizontal 

 surface. Their ploughing cattle are 

 in part procured by barter from the 

 low country, and partly of their own 

 breeding. 



A Khond got up for a journey to 

 the Groomsur bazaars is a somewhat 

 comical sight. His thick black hair 

 is brought forward and rolled into a 

 chignon on his forehead, and in it are 

 sure to be sticking two or three half- 



