^^f .CALLED FHA'NSrCA'RS. 



Ihem a§ pfemomtiom to return :— under other circumPc^nces theyei- 

 Iher perform certain ceremonies, or they halt for a few days, till the 

 malignant influence, denoted by them, is fuppofed to be pafled ; or 

 clfe they bend their courfe in a different diredion. To the interven- 

 tion of bad omens, a traveller, over whom deftrudtion was impending, 

 is fometiraes indebted for his fafety. (i) 



Oh returning alfo from a fuccefsful expedition^ ceremonies are per«» 

 formed to Jayi'. 



The Vkdmigdrs keep the Bindu fefii?als of the DlpdvaU and the 

 Bejfcrah^ which they celebrate in a manner fimilar to that obferved 



among Hindus^ 



A TRADITION is currcnt among Fhdmigdrs, that about the period of 

 the commencement of the CjI'i Tug, Mariatta co-operated with them 

 io far, as to relieve them of the trouble of interring the dead bodies, by 

 devouring them herfelf. On one occalion, after deftroying a traveller, 

 the body was, as ufual, left unburiedj and a novice, unguardedly look- 

 ing behind him, faw the goddefs in the a<ft of feafling upon it, half of ie 

 hanging out of her mouth. She, upon this, declared that fhe would no 

 longer devour thofe whom the P'A(3?2i/firj flaughteredj but fhe con- 



(s) It would be tedious to cnanicr»te all ihc omens by which fhey allow themfelvrci to be JoflueQced m 

 their proiieedings. I (hitil briefly mention a hvi of bjth kiads-^profperaui and adverfe. 



The ftiliowing sre favo-jable figns : — -A lizard chirpingj and a crow making a nolfe on a Jiving trse on the 

 left fiJe, A tiger appearing is deemed ratlier a -gDud fign. The nuifc of a partridge on the fight fid-» de» 

 sio'C! Uiat ihejr will meet vfriih good booty on the very fpot, and they, ibeiefore, are aceuftomed to in»k« 

 a halt. 



Thefc beiofeen ttiisfortune;— A hare Off a fnake croflingf the road before them, A cfotr fitting' and 

 waiting a noife on a rock or a dead tree. An afs braying while fitting. An ovrl fcreechiaj. The noife 

 af a fmgle jacka-!. If a dog fiwuld carry off the bead of a (kceg whish ii>sf fe^I^ (§?#?sA ?^^J^ eoafidcs 

 K ^6 betvksa that they will get m b,)oty for manj jcaHn "" 



