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and it is immaterial whichsoever of the two names is used. They are 

 one and the same people. 



Section 3. Account of the Conda-vandlu people, in the Jayapuv dis- 

 trict. 



They wear a tuft of hair on the top of the head, in the form of a ball ; 

 some wear mustachio.-i, and some use the Saiva-hwmi ashes, on their fore- 

 head.s. They do not speak good Telugu. They dwell on hills; are of 

 disagreeable appearance ; cultivate grain in suitable places ; pay taxes ; 

 watch the grain on platforms. Some vvear a dagger in their girdles; carry 

 muskets ; tie a handkerchief on their heads ; and do the work of peons, 

 or soldiers. They receive pay in an allowance of grain, so much per di- 

 em. They dw ell in sheds, like cow-sheds. They chiefly use earthen ves- 

 sels ; a few people only have vessels of brass. A specification of dress 

 is given ; and of some customs of the females. The chief with the title of 

 raja, wears the punnal, or caste-ihread. Other chiefs are called Doralu. 

 Before marriage they go to some distance to consult a Telugu Brahman^ 

 and by his means fix on the muhurtam, or minute, proper for the cere- 

 mony. If there is no Brahman near at hand, as usually there is not in. 

 places in, or near, the woods, then they call an astrologer named Succa- 

 divi, one of their own class. Fixing, by his aid, the proper time, they 

 bring him to the ceremony; and he, partaking with them of flesh and 

 ardent spirits, is afterwards dismissed. However they do not eat raw- 

 flesh. If a husband dies, the widow may marry again. A few of the 

 people are votaries of Vishnu ; others of Siva. The w omen do not 

 plough, nor use the large agricultural hoe; but they gather tamarinds,, 

 and sell them. Those persons who are employed as peons permit their 

 wives also to engage in the same trade of gathering, and selling, 

 tamarinds. 



Section 4. Description of the boundaries of the Jayapur district. 



It is not necessary minutely to follow in this place the details of the- 

 circumference, or boundary line, further than to mention that the district 

 is in the proximate neighbourhood of Vizagapatam, Kimedi, and Gan- 

 jam. A variety of small chiefs, with little districts, were spread around j 

 one being termed Sanniyasi-raju. On one quarter Kirata (or wild 

 savage) people are mentioned ; and also the Savaralu, a distinct peo= 

 pie ; one of whom is described as a common pest, and incendiary. The 



