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carries in his right hand, together with 

 three or four arrowsj headed with blades 

 like " dessert •' knives. • ■ This '' very trucu- 

 lent ' display, however,' is only assumed 

 on- the principle "si velis pacem,* para 

 bellum."''' Probably- his- long-handled 

 tungi has only been 'used to cut ofE' the 

 head of a goat, and' his arrows ' are 

 innocent of the taste of human blood. ' 

 The Khond feuds are conducted in 

 keeping ' with this preference ■ for ' the 

 aspect of war over its ' stern ' realities. 

 The race has become subdivided into 

 septs and rival communities ; something 

 leads to a quarrel between two of 

 them, and perhaps ' a life is taken, 

 probably at a drinking bout, for the 

 Khonds drink a great deal of "toddy," 

 drawn from the sago palm, and distil 



