16 Migratory Tribes of [No. 145. 



battles of the Panch Pandya are represented : the box of bamboo con- 

 taining them is each morning placed on a part of the floor fresh cover- 

 ed with cow dung ; and on the lid being opened to expose the draw- 

 ings, they burn frankincense, and bow down to the ground in worship, 

 — "Oh Panch Pandya, by you we live, continue to give us our daily 

 bread !" 



They are not restricted to one wife, and they bury all their dead, 

 except lepers, whom they burn. 



The languages spoken by these tribes are not understood by any one 

 of a tribe different from their own, though there seems a general 

 similarity among them, as will be seen from the few words I obtained. 

 The Sanscrit, Tamil, Telogoo, Guzerattee, and Maharattee, have been 

 placed to enable a comparison to be made. 



