5/2 Notes upon a Tour through the Rdjmahal Hills. [No. 7. 



Towards evening I revisited the dance and found the whole party 

 very drunk ; I was asked for money for more drink, which I threw to 

 them from my elephant. 



In the evening I crossed the Gtimuni nallah, a deep hill stream, 

 which has cut its bed through contorted gneiss, and ascended the 

 basaltic hill on which is situate the hill village Jola ; the view to the 

 north and east is very beautiful, every hill appearing capped by a vil- 

 lage surrounded by fine mango and fan-leaf palm trees ; much jun- 

 gle has been cleared away from all the hill sides for the cultivation of 

 junera and Indian corn. 



In the village of Jola I had much difficulty in making any of the 

 women, who seldom understand or speak Hindustani, comprehend 

 what we wanted ; the men were all out, either hunting, cutting tim- 

 ber, fishing or attending the markets ; after having examined the 

 interior of several houses, a young man at last appeared to whom were 

 presented a few trifles such as German snuff boxes, needles, thread, 

 buttons, beads, bodkins, and lastly a dram of brandy ; this last gift 

 opened his heart and set loose his tongue ; presents were then distri- 

 buted to the women who now flocked in numbers to the spot where 

 I stood, the presents consisting of bead necklaces, needles and sewing 

 cotton for the women and bright metal buttons of all kinds of gaudy 

 patterns for the children. The young man at my request showed me 

 the interior of his house, and introduced me to his wife, who was busy 

 cooking in the centre of the one room, which constitutes the entire 

 house ; the hill houses in general are very neat, being composed of 

 either matting, hurdle, or thin sticks, sometimes smeared with mud 

 to keep out the wind, the whole supported by stout timbers upon 

 which rests a lofty hogbacked roof with very low eaves ; the doors 

 are in the gables and are protected by verandahs ; the roofs are pitch- 

 ed at a singularly obtuse angle giving great width to the house. The 

 rafters of the present house were covered with heads of Indian corn, 

 junera, and beans ; against one of the mat walls hung a pair of small 

 antlers with four tynes each, serving as brackets for holding bows aud 

 arrows, and a few other light articles. A large drum hung in one 

 corner, a fire was burning in the centre of the room, the smoke from 

 which had blackened every rafter, beam, and bamboo in the house, 

 across the hut was slung a grass hammock, in which the hill people 



