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or sugar, most Brahmins particularly the young, violate the rules 

 of their caste, even to eating flesh, and drinking to intoxication, 

 but however awful the penalties denounced against such offenders 

 in their sacred books be, the modern discipline has become much 

 relaxed, and a line to the gooroo, or a dinner to their caste is a 

 very common set off against faults which should be visited by the 

 highest penalty. 



The Swamart Brahmins are sometimes found Poojaries in sakti 

 temples, but the office is looked on as degrading, and is usually 

 performed by a caste called Tumbrecs, who arrogate to themselves, 

 although originally a low caste, a certain consequence, reflected 

 from their office. 



With the exception of Rajpoots who are all of them foreigners, 

 or the descendants of foreigners, the second original caste has no 

 representatives properly so called in Telinganah. The Rachcwars, 

 Yelmas, and Kummewars aspire to the honor of being Chuttrees, 

 but their claims are universally disallowed by the Brahmins, and 

 are wholly unsupported, save by the songs of the bhaats, who liko 

 true heralds find readily a genealogy, for a race, when they are well 

 rewarded for their trouble. 



The Bukkals, or Bunnyahs are divided into Maytewar, Bhcere- 

 war, Vegnawar, Jains are also included among the Bunnyahs, al- 

 though improperly, there is no Jain resident in this part of the Ni- 

 zam's country, these castes do not intermarry, nor eat together. 



After the Bunnyahs come either the pure Sudr caste, or those 

 who have attained that caste by mounting from a lower grade, in 

 consequence of the wealth, or superior military prowess of its 

 members. * 



1 The Rachewars, who are admitted by the Brahmins to be 

 pure Sudrs, are not a very numerous class in the Nizam' s country, 

 but some are found in the more easterly districts, they are preva- 

 lent in Rajah mundry. 



2. TheTelmahs, or Yelmawars are, even by their own showing, 

 not pure Sudrs,but, asmany Zemindars (DeshmookhsandDessaees) 

 are of this class, as the better conditioned of them veil their wo- 

 men, and as all are reckoned good soldiers, they have attained their 

 present position, and maintain it notwithstanding the gibes, and 

 sneers of the Brahmins ; it is even said that they had the lowest of 

 all castes, certain chumars, who were employed as soldiers by the 



