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1st. The worship of the deity in groves of the profoundest 

 • gloom. 



2nd. The use of sacred trees and hallowed bunches of leaves^ 

 on the part of the Thautawars, compared with the sacred oaks and 

 bunches of misletoe among the Druids. 



3rd. Sacrifices of female children, now happily abolished. 



4th. The sacrifice of bulls and calves. 



5th. The affected inspiration of the priests and their mode of Iife« 

 6th. The adoration of the sun. 

 7th. Their reverence for fire, 



8th. The funeral rites and sacrifice of buflTaloes compared with 

 the sacrifice of horses amongst the Scythians on similar occasions. 

 0th. Their notion of a future state. 



I shall conclude this Chapter with a brief recapitulation of my 

 reasons for considering the Thautawars of Scythian descent. 



1st. The identity in the religions of the respective people, viz. 

 Thautawars and Scythians. 



2nd. The physiological position of the Thautawars in the great 

 family of the human race, is the same as that of the Scythians. 



3rd. The pastoral mode of life of the Thautawars, and their mi- 

 grations from place to place driving before them herds of the buffa- 

 loe ; as the Scythians, under similar circumstances, did their horses. 



4th. The food of the Thautawars, which consisted originally of 

 milk and butter, was that of the Scythians. 



5th. Their architecture, religious, military and domestic ; is the 

 same, the yards of the houses of the Thautawars, their temples, 

 their sacred enclosures, their kraals for cattle, are circular as were 

 those of the Celts and indeed of most ancient people whose divinity 

 was Sun, Light, Fire, Apollo, Mitlira, &c. &c., or the same power 

 under any other appellation. 



6th. Their marriage customs and funeral rites are nearly identical. 

 7th. Their ornaments and dress closely approximate. 

 8th. Their customs are generally similar. 



9th. The authority of Sir William Jones, that the ancient Scy- 

 thians did people a mountainous district of India. 



10th. History mentions that India has been invaded by Scythian 

 hordes from the remotest times. 



11th. Their utter separation in every respect from the races 

 around them. 



