1849.] 



Circar of WarunguL 



be mortgaged for debt, in case of the proprietor going on a pilgri- 

 mage, or where a widow with a young family has the right to them, 

 but is incapable of exercising it satisfactorily. 



The other hugdars, among whom the six coonsoos of grain are 

 distributed, are numerous, and the proportion of gTain to each is 

 by no means constant. In most cases Grovernment or its agent 

 comes in for a tolerable remainder after the share of the rightful 

 owners have been adjusted, but the 'hugdars also get lands on fa- 

 vorable terms, Grovernment exacting less rent from them whether 

 of money or grain than from the ryot. 



Burhaee, (carpenter,) seems an essential member of the vil- 

 lage community, but even his hugs vary : two pylees of grain in 

 the cundy would seem to be the proportion he usually receives. 

 He gets also presents of grain from the Coonbees for doing extra 

 work. The Puiwarree is sometimes liberal enough to present him 

 with a cow, and the Grovernment with a piece of land or a well, 

 with the right to cultivate around it. 



Lokar. — Eeceives two pylees and has gifts like the carpenter. 

 The other three of the Paunchhaee — the tin-man, stone-cutter, and 

 goldsmith have dropped out of the tillage hugdars — and the last is 

 even reckoned among the rent-payers in kusbas when only they 

 are found, but he gets a certain per centage for shroffage. The 

 Sungtrass may be looked on as extinct, for the miserable hut build- 

 er can sui'ely not be the descendant of the gigantic race who, in the 

 days of old, were so strong as to be able to squeeze oil from the 

 sesamum by the mere force of their clenched fists. 



The Pauncli-haee wear the sacred cord, and have particular mar- 

 riage ceremonies, which are gone through with a privacy unknown 

 to other castes. It is likewise considered unlucky to meet a mem- 

 ber of the brotherhood in the morning, as they are the manufac- 

 turers of deadly weapons. 



Yellawar. — He is often a low caste man but not necessarily so, 

 indeed he may be of any caste except a Brahmin, a Yelwar is a 

 Coonbee. At Hoosain-purty he is a carpenter. In the smaller vil- 

 lages he is at once boundary marker guide, and water distributer, 

 for which he receives four pylees of the Balowteli allowance, but 

 in the larger villages his functions are divided between two or 

 three or even more, in which case so much as six pylees, or even 

 more, are allowed, the scout receiving the largest share. 



