176 A short sketch of the Tribes of Bhutteanah, &c. [No. 3, 



Jtfe*.— They principally live on cereals and vegetables ; sometimes 

 eat goat meat. The Sikh Jauts eat better and live well. 



Use of Narcotics.— -Some Jauts serving as peons in the Jehsul Police 

 &c add churras to the tobacco they use for smoking. The higher 

 class use in the proportion of 1 seer of tobacco leaf, to 4 chittacks of 

 goor, and well pounded together. Opium is also used by this class, 

 particularly those residing towards the boundary of Bicaneer territory. 

 They also, without hesitation, drink country spirits. 



Longevity. — 60 years. 



Physical Conformation.— -Coppery complexion ; iris dark ; conjunc- 

 tiva yellowish ; they are tall, erect, manly, and robust ; their limbs 

 are well shaped ; features regular, countenance placid and dignified. 



tfress.— The men wear lengota* or kutch, koortapf and hhesh or 

 chudder, white or coloured turban. The females use chudder, koortee, 

 trowsers and ghugrah. The last is generally dyed red or yellow and 

 is either striped or dotted. 



Rajpoots. 



Origin.— Having been driven out of the Jyepoor territory by 

 Sahabooddeen of the Ghoree dynasty about Sumbut 1234 (A. D. 117 

 the Rajpoots took possession of all the district now comprising Hissar, 

 Hansee and Bhewannee pergunnahs. 



Feroze Shah in 1371 first began to convert them by force, with more 

 or less success, till the time of Aurungzeb, but this effort was relin- 

 quished on the decline of the Mahomedan power. 



The independence of the Rajpoots of course was always in inverse 

 ratio to the power of the Dehli potentates. All the Jatu tribes of 

 Bhewannee revolted in 1809, and the town was stormed, and taken 

 by the British troops. 



The Rajpoots— Hindus and Mussulman converts— still remain in 

 the proportion of 75 villages or about one quarter of what they 

 'formerly consisted of. 



Division into Classes.— It is needless here detailing that the Raj- 



* G/iJ, a small narrow slip of cloth passed between the thighs and tucked 

 into a waistbelt before and behind, 

 f &*$ a jacket or waistcoat. 



