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of his crime, but if it is not paid on the exact date, the injured man is 

 considered at liberty to take the life of the adulterer whenever he can 

 find opportunity. If a man succeeds in absconding for a time from 

 the wrath of the husband, but is afterwards apprehended, he is tried as 

 before, and adjudged to pay a fine of the same description, but of less 

 amount than the former, in forfeiture of which the injured man is at 

 liberty to wreak his vengeance on him whenever he is able. 



This last fine is called " Gulla Eachana," and the former " Dhy," by 

 the lowlanders. 



The laws of marriage and inheritance are precisely the same amongst 

 the Dusannee and Cheannee Garrows as the other Garrows, and by a 

 reference to Mr. Elliott's and Lieut. Dalton's reports, an accurate and 

 full account of them will be found. Respecting their religion I made 

 no enquiries when I was on the spot, and therefore am unable to give 

 any satisfactory information. 



In their political relations I believe each chief is entirely independent, 

 and governs his own dependants with the assistance of a punchyat of 

 the heads of houses. In aifrays of a serious nature, as in the massacre 

 of the old chief of Ripoogiri, it is customary I understand for the chief 

 in whose jurisdiction it occurs to invite the neighbouring chiefs to sit 

 with him, and give him the benefit of their advice. In the event of 

 an inroad from the plains I believe all join under the most substantial 

 neighbouring chief to resist it. 



We have been in the habit hitherto of calling on the Government 

 Luskur of the mehaul, in which a murder takes place, to give up the 

 offenders without any reference to the " Locma," or chief of the village 

 to which the offender belongs. This I am persuaded the Luskur is in 

 most cases unable to perform, as although he collects the Government 

 revenue, he has no further authority than over the dependants of his 

 own village, and the practice should be discontinued. 



The cultivation of these hills is carried on in precisely the same 

 manner as amongst the other Garrows. Their implements of husbandry 

 being a hoe, a Doa, and a Lumbaree, but with these very inefficient 

 tools a man and his wife are able to bring under cultivation between 

 3 or 4 biggahs of land annually, besides sowing, reaping, housing and 

 carrying the produce to market. Their labor is unceasing, as the land 

 is too poor to yield more than three crops, one of Assoo, one of cotton 



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