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are also worn on the wrists. The hair, which among the women is 

 generally very long and black, is gathered into a knot tied just above 

 the nape. 



The arms used by the people, consist of a long sword slung by 

 means of a piece of cane across the shoulders, a dagger worn in the 

 girdle, and a bow and arrows. 



The arts practised by the Dophlas are few and simple. Agriculture 

 is almost the sole business of the men, and to it is added the construc- 

 tion and furnishing of the dwelling house ; the boys look after the 

 domestic animals, and the women, aided by the girls, are employed in all 

 the indoor occupations, of cooking, brewing, spinning and weaving. 

 The agricultural implements are an axe, a Ddo or bill-hook, and a spade. 

 The agricultural products are rice, (the "summer rice" of the plains) 

 wheat and barley, with a few cucurbitaceous plants, greens, edible 

 roots, red pepper, ginger and cotton. Very little is grown beyond 

 what is necessary for household consumption, and the surplus is 

 bartered either with the people of the plains for agricultural imple- 

 ments, culinary utensils, beads, and ornaments, and cotton-cloths, or 

 with their neighbours on the hills, for swords and woollen cloths of 

 Thibetan manufacture. The men haft all the iron implements they 

 purchase abroad. 



Manjit forms a considerable article of the trade of the Dophlas ; it 

 grows wild in great abundance on their hills and is said to be of very 

 superior quality. 



Of learning and letters, the Dophlas are totally devoid. Their 

 language, as well as physical attributes, give strong evidence of their 

 connection with the affiliated sub-Himalayan races of Thibetan origin, 

 and a comparison of the vocabulary herewith submitted, with those I 

 had the pleasure to furnish last year, will show a very close alliance 

 with the dialects of the Miris and Abors. 



We proceed now to a brief notice of their lingual peculiarities. 



Of Nouns. 



Gender. — This language possesses a variety of substantive terms, 



sufficient to denote all that is needful in the distinction of sex among 



human beings. Thus, 



Abo, father. Ane, mother. 



Tette, elder brother, Ama, elder sister. 



