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pression of countenance, which is here mentioned as characteristic of 

 the Sesatce. The northern Garos are a stout, strong-limbed people, with 

 strongly marked Chinese countenances." The southern Garos are de- 

 scribed as having " a surly look, a flat CafTre nose, small eyes, a wrin- 

 kled forehead, over-hanging eyebrows, with a large mouth, thick lips, and 

 round face,"* they are stout and able-bodied men. The Khassias have 

 the Mongolian cast of countenance, but less strongly marked, perhaps, 

 than in some of the neighbouring tribes : they want the oblique position 

 of the eyelids, which is so characteristic of the Chinese face, but have the 

 flat, depressed nose. They are a strong, muscular, and active race, and 

 are employed from childhood, both men and women, in carrying heavy 

 burdens up and down their hills. The Cacharees, whose country is 

 situated between Sylhet and Munipore, are scattered over several districts 

 on the eastern frontier of Bengal. They have the Indo-Chinese fea- 

 tures strongly marked ; but they vary in stature and complexion. The 

 Kookis of the Chittagong hills are described as " a barbarous, active, 

 muscular race, short, of stouter and darker complexion than the 

 Choomeas, and like them have the peculiar features of the natives 

 of the eastern parts of Asia, namely, the flat nose, small eyes, 

 and broad face."f The Kookis of the Tipperah hills are short, 

 broad-shouldered, but slender-limbed ; they have small dark eyes, and 

 the flat nose. The Nagas, who occupy the ranges of hills on the south- 

 ern side of Assam are distinguished by the peculiar features of the 

 Chinese. The Kookis (or Lunctas) and the Nagas appear to be amongst 

 the most uncivilized of all the hill tribes of eastern India. They devour 

 animal food in its most disgusting forms, as the flesh of elephants, tigers, 

 jackals and snakes. I have already mentioned the Kookis of the Tip- 

 perah hills as being apparently identical with the Padsei of Herodotus. 

 The Kookis of the Chittagong hills are also cannibals. Many of the 

 Naga tribes go naked," and hence the appellation of Naga derived from 

 the Sanscrit, which is given to them. Ptolemy mentions them under 

 this name, viz., " Nangalogee quod significat mundum nudorum." J 

 The Koch are an aboriginal tribe, who occupy the low country in the 

 Rungpore district, skirting Assam and Bhotan : they are also found in 

 the Mymensing and Dacca districts. They are a strong race of men, 

 possessing the broad outlines of the Tartar countenance : they live in 



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