408 General Notes. [April 
varies from extreme fairness, almost pink, to a bronze, as dark as 
that of a Pathan. The cast of features seems the same in both, 
but the fairer men will say that they came from the north, and 
their darker brothers from the south. They are short of stature, 
daring, but lazy, leaving the agricultural work to the women, and 
spending their own time in hunting. They are passionately fond 
of dancing, in which both sexes join in the evening round a blaz- 
ing fire. The houses are generally built on the slopes of the hills; 
the lower story is of stone, from twelve to fifteen feet high, andis 
used for storage of wood and of the ordure of cattle, which is 
used for fuel. The upper story, or house proper, is built of wood, 
and contains only one or two rooms, which are neat, but very 
dark. The door and door-frames are roughly carved with figures 
and scrolls, and there is but ‘little furniture. They all sit on 
wooden chairs or wicker stools. Their bread is ordinarily 4 
very thick cake, but thin, broad cakes are made when guests are 
entertained. Meal, boiled in a large iron caldron, 1$ served in 
deep, circular wooden vessels, hollowed from a tree. Tables ner 
to be used only to place drinking-vessels upon. — The cheese is 
the nature of cream-cheese, is made daily, and is given to yrs 
between two cakes, embedded in hot butter. Their beds are e 
fixtures of poles, one end of which rests in the walls, the other 
on two legs. This story is reached by a ladder, which can 
drawn up. Sometimes there is a third story, als¢ po 
platform surrounds the upper stories. The roof is of flat sto 
laid on beams and covered with mud. : J and 
The temples are square chambers of timber, with rai sees 
colored doorways; inside are several stones, apparently ae 
om the river bed, but no images were seen, except those 
nected with funeral rites. The temples seem to be chie s 
ts. . a 
stick up two tufts, which look like horns. Slavery a . 
certain extent. Polygamy is the exception; a mild pet heads 
ishment is inflicted on unfaithful wives, and a fine of catti¢ á 
is exacted from the rnale offender. The dead are a bur canel 
placed in coffins in a sort of cemetery, often on a hill-s! f 
wooden figures are placed at the heads of the coffins ee is 
of rank and note of either sex. One Supreme Being ( 
universally acknowledged. They drink much wine, 
mented grape-juice. Their arms are bows, arrowS,“ = put they 
A few matchlocks have found their way into the country, 
maké none. i 
The country is picturesque, densely wooded, 
unket- : 
and wild in BF : 
