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that.it wa^ not- cuflomary to approach the facred fhrine with arms of 

 iiVij fort, and that €very one performed this iaft Hage with nakc^ 

 fc€L As by the general voice it v/as allowed,' that marauding and- 

 plooder were common occiirrences in this ■neighbourhoodj I did not' 

 deem it proper or- fafe to go- totally -unarme'd 5 butagreedj that onlj'^ 

 five noeo' feoald be permitted to 'acconapany us thus accoutred, and' 

 that I lhould-6ake my -own gun ; but thatthefe'iV^apoTis ofwaf fhould' 

 be thrown aSds before we got within' fight of the holy fpot,' and de= ' 

 pofited-^'-in a cave near it, under a guards ■ 1 alfo pledged 'myfelf that ■ 

 no ufe fhould be-made of thefe inftmments, essdept'in cafe of ne- ■ 

 ceflifey ; nor any life facrificed either 'by the people or myfelf, fromi 

 the time -of our leaving the village till? we returned 'to it; moreoyerj • 

 that I fhould not carry^ meat of any fort, dead or ali^e,' along with ^• 

 use, but feed purely Qn rice and bread^^ They did not even fuggePt " 

 the putting off my fhoes ac the village,- nor could I have done fo; but '' 

 ! procaifed to throw them off- 'when entering into the' precincts of' 

 the tempkj or approaching the holier places, with which they were ' 

 much pleafed* AIL the Hindus^ inclisding. the G^arrte, v/ent frdsS. * 

 hence bare foot-^^'- 



ihiy are much revered and. feared by the paopla, wJlo 5o hot vsrttuire to npprojicii them. Great ex- 

 peace is iucirred at this cersraony, many thousand rupees being given to ih^ ' Lisincss^ vrith a sort of 

 rich cap, of much value. The bodies of poorer peapla ara some-times burned, and 3onietim9s lliro^a 

 into the river. The Lsffjo appears lobe feeld in great respect; those who fall in this regard, an J 

 whu (\(> not adjiJiulster" the meat^oiFntings.of fraiirandg-fesj'.arfi patiisliad by t'hs ManfraJ'by v;h3d!i, 

 the offai^der is placed under the influeuce of some spslj, anil icnJerad imnaoTeabk iu tha position lis 

 tjappens to be iu, and becomes (as they term it) like stone or earth. 



All disputes ate Settled by thS Raja GAtoK, (hef is "probabTy'dall8d>»4/'2 ffom Tjein? the chief per- 

 son, on anolher occasiuu he was c&lleil subadar.)- A person vrho kills anothar with a sword, is filed 

 to four pUces, and branded with iron or brass iustruraants till he diss ; a thief is branded ii t'le 

 fopeliead with an icon, hia 'goods aia seised by the State, ami he is drivoQ from the "touotr/. 



These- Bkotiaa wera short stoat men,' with feafuris stron.-jlj- marked with fhe'TartarlTO'dharactaTJj ■ 

 Ligh cheek bones, flat uose and f*ce, aud small eyes, ths corners of which turned much upwards. 

 They wore their hair ver^ thick atid hyiBh'f, «hd eftditkg 'in a lonj p'lited tiiil, after (hs manaer ol 

 t!»8 Giiinese. Their colour ^".^ oonsiderAoly .ligUier iliaa that'seueraliyrtjmarkej aoiongst 'the hill 

 people, being a dirty yellow; thoif faces were much tanned, however, and wiinkleJ. Their cloathes 

 consisted of a gowu or wrapper, of coarse br'.iwn ^voollen' Stuff, with soiaolhing liSe' dthwB/s of t;ia 

 iiC:u<F, very lo'ose above, but faouad very ti-^hi around tim calf of tLe I'g. The d^esJ, tij'ure, aud 

 geaeiBl apjieataBce, Uoifeverj ?rft» exc^cuiiujjly <Iiffer^i (fooa that of the PaA»n«5 af'tili i'ser *■ 



