1849.] 



Circar of Warungul. 



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their calculation, pays nineteen at the end of the year, very nearly 

 eighteen per cent. The Telingana Bunnyahs are not, it is said, so 

 greedy of gain as the Marwarree, or so merciless in exacting the capi- 

 tal and interest at the appointed time, whatever may have been the 

 mishaps of the debtor ; but sufferance with a debtor's delay is not the 

 badge of the tribe, and they unscrupulously seize and sell the whole 

 property of the wretched Coonbee, to his wife's ornaments and his 

 last cooking pot ; the poor creature being reduced to misery, and com- 

 pelled to content himself with rags, earthen pots, and a precarious 

 subsistence as a day labourer, and it is a common saying among the 

 people that of all classes it is most difficult for a Coonbee to regain 

 his position. There are Marwarrees in the Circar on their own ac- 

 count, and agents from parties at Hyderabad. The Bunnyahs are 

 of three classes, followers of Vishnu and Siva and Lingayets. 



K^llals. — The toddy drawers. The rent of toddy trees is in- 

 eluded in their contribution. But a better idea will be given of 

 the several trades and of their payments, by a table showing the 

 moturfa payments as they exist in the town of Hunnumcondah, 



Moturfa or rent payers in the Kusba of Hunnumcondah. 





No. of Houses. 



Rent paid. 



Kullals, toddy drawers, 



- 33 



Ks. 



900 



Bukhalls, shopkeepers, 



33 



jj 



250 



Sonar, goldsmiths, 



- 8 



>> 



65 



Butchers, - - - 



1 



j> 



43 



Beef-butchers, 



- 1 



j> 



22 



Tobacco-sellers, - 



4 



>» 



22 



Tailors, - - - 



- 6 



j> 



22 



Cotton- cleaners, - 



1 



>> 



3 



Dyers, - - - - 



- 1 



» 



u 



Dhungurs, 





>> 



66 



Dhobees, - - _ 



- 9 



?> 



45^ 



Confectioners, - - - 



5 



j» 



34 



Potters, _ _ - 



- 8 



>> 



20 



Weavers, - - 



8 



)> 



21 



Pawn -seller, - - - 



- 1 



>! 



28 



Oil-men, - - - - 



3 



»> 



35 



Saddlers, - 



- 3 



» 



14 



Saltpetre manufacturers, - 



2 





12 



Most castes and trades, even some of the very lowest, have a set of 

 beggars attached to them, who by importunity, flattery, and sonip 



