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The Dhohce gels one pylee besides presents, on the birth of a 

 child, from the cultivator. In the Kusbas he is reckoned among 

 the rent-payers, he cowdungs the cutcherry and sweeps tlie inside, 

 the Tullarewar or Dher sweeping ontside. 



The Hujjam gets one pylee and small presents on the occasions 

 of weddings. 



The Coomar. — An important member of the village, all castes, 

 save Brahmins, eat from his hands ; besides his occupation of pot- 

 making he makes the lai'es and penates of the lower castes, and per- 

 forms poojah, &c. to the Saktis, which are not acknowledged by 

 the Brahmins, for which he receives two annas each time. His 

 allowance is one pylee. In the larger villages he is a rent- 

 payer. 



Chuwar. — Eeceives two pylees. The several priests, the Brah- 

 min astrologer, the Jungum, the Byudlewar, the Poojarree of the 

 lowest castes, the Ayawar, the priest of Yishnoo, the tom-tom beat- 

 ers or Tumhree, each receives a pylee, and also the fakeer where 

 there are Mahometans. The Dhers and low castes who act as 

 Pyadas receive a proportion varying according to their number, 

 and the Dhungurs a portion for the dung of their cattle and 

 sheep. The Doombarnees, dancing women, also come in occasionally 

 for a share. 



JBrahmin^. — They are chiefly Sunkaracharrys; followers of Siva 

 and the Saktis, there is little learning among them ; the astrolo- 

 gers are reckoned Aveather-wise, although their prognostications 

 often fail — they also cast nativities and calculate eclipses with 

 some accuracy, there exists two sects of Vaishnava Brahmins. 

 Bamanuj and Madwacherry, the last are Hunnuman's priests, and 

 are said to live luxuriously. In the Appendix is given an account 

 of some of the enams of the temples, but these, particularly the 

 money payments, are often evaded by the Mahometan Naibs. 



The Brahmins employed in secular pursuits are of the two sects, 

 Kamanuj and Sunkaracharry ; no Brahmin, whether secular or of 

 the priesthood, tastes fish or flesh, but for this they make up by 

 drinking ghee, milk, and using highly azotized spices in their food — 

 they drink toddy but not openly ; the majority snuff, but some 

 smoke tobacco ; very few Brahmins are actually tillers of the 

 soil. 



