1849.] the Busannee and Cheannee Garrows. 59 



Garrows themselves are unable to give any information on this point, 

 and the general idea amongst the Bengalees is, that the Korahs are 

 manufactured in Sherpore, zillah Mymensing, and are disposed of to 

 the Garrows of that district, who again sell them to those of this. If 

 this was the case the Bengalees could obtain them at a cheaper rate on 

 the spot, than they can from the Garrows, and there would be no 

 occasion to export them to Bengal, as they at present do from here, at 

 least if the manufactory at Sherpore is still extant. Some of the Korahs 

 are encircled with a band of embossed figures of men, women, and 

 animals, which must have been moulded on at the time of manufacture. 

 They are well executed and reflect the greatest credit on the state of 

 the arts, wherever they are made. There is also a small kind called 

 "Deo Korahs," beautifully embossed as above described, these the 

 Garrows hang up as their household gods, and worship them. Should 

 the possessor of one neglect to pay his accustomed devotions to it, and 

 to sacrifice to it monthly a fowl, he is certain of being afflicted with 

 some bodily ailment, and my informer told me that his mother was 

 afflicted with an enormous tumour on her hip, in consequence of her 

 neglecting to pray and sacrifice to it, but that after doing so, and pro- 

 mising a stricter attention to her duties, she was relieved ; he told me 

 he firmly believed in its power. If a person performs his devotions to 

 the spirit which inhabits the Korah, with increasing fervour and atten- 

 tion, he is generally rewarded by seeing the embossed figures gradually 

 expand. The Garrows believe also that when the whole household are 

 wrapt in sleep that these " Deo Korahs" make expeditions in search of 

 food, and when they have satisfied their appetites they return to their 

 snug retreats unobserved. I merely mention these superstitions, as I do 

 not see them alluded to by either Messrs. Elliott and Sisson, or Lieut. 

 Dalton. I believe the Mirees have a superstition something similar 

 regarding the " Deo Guntas," which are brought from Thibet. 



Mr. Sisson says, the Garrows eat every description of animals but 

 kites and jackals, and I have been given to understand that those of 

 Dusannee and Cheannee are not more particular on this head than 

 their neighbors. They are particularly fond of dogs, which are reared 

 and sold by the Bengalees at the hauts in great numbers, and form a 

 very profitable article of their trade. Their cooking is scanty, and the 

 meat is often eaten half raw. The utensils they use in common are 



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