90 An Account of the Tribe of Mhadeo Kolies. [Jan. 



black, red and white, or black and red. Ounda Putta means marks 

 reversed, or upside down. 



In Malldesh, the Kolies inhabit three villages of the Takeed Khora, 

 of which they are the Patells ; and they hold half the Patellship of two 

 others. They have 269 houses in this glen. 



In the Kounnaee Khora, the Kolies have 200 houses ; they hold the en- 

 tire Patellship of seven villages, and share that of another with the 

 Thakoors. Amby Mohur rice, of a superior kind, is grown here. The 

 surnames, Perry kur, Khuttelah, and Gubbalah are the most common. 



In the Dharrun Khora the Kolies are the Patells of five villages, 

 and hold half of that of another ; they have 262 houses here. 



In the Oondhwole Khora the Koly houses amount to about 217. They 

 share the Patellship of six villages with the Koonbies. The two parties 

 are constantly quarrelling about their rights in these six villages. It is 

 said the Kolies were the sole proprietors of these Patellships some 

 sixty or seventy years ago. 



To the south of the hill fort of Trimbuk, in 14 villages, the Koly 

 houses amount to 22S. They are the sole Patells of eight villages. 

 They share the Patellship of* tw r o others with the Thakoors, and one 

 with the Telwur Kanarahs — surnames Gondky and Wagh. 



In the town of Trimbuk and neighbouring villages, there are about 

 250 Koly houses of the Mhadeo tribe. Here some families of the Koly 

 tribes from the northward are settled. 



In the town of Nassik and its vicinity, there are about 200 houses of 

 the Mhadeo Kolies, and, in and around the town of Sinnure, about one 

 hundred, and about one hundred more settled in and around the town of 

 Ankollah. In the Konkan, but chiefly in the Jowair district, there may 

 be about 2,500 houses, and it is supposed that the Mhadeo Kolies, who 

 are settled in Bombay as labourers, &c. have about one thousand houses 

 there. 



From the above we find that there are in the Dukhun about. .6,895 

 In the Konkan and Bombay 3,500 



In all about houses .10,395 



As two and three families reside frequently in the same house, if we 

 take the average number at five for each, it will give us upwards ot 

 fifty thousand souls of this tribe. 



The Koly Patell, or the chief person of the village community, has to 

 perform the same duties in their small villages and hamlets, that the 

 same officer has to execute in other parts of the country. They have 

 to lend their assistance in collecting the revenue and other dues from 

 the inhabitants of their villages, and to aid the police in their magiste- 

 rial capacity. For the performance of this duty the government remu- 

 nerate them by granting them a portion of rent-free land, termed 



