By w. king, esq. (37 



Nullamullays between Chintacoonta in the Khoond valley, 

 and Poremaumillah in the Budwail taluq, where there are 

 only about 8 miles of difficult hilly ground (easily to be 

 worked) between the two villages. 



The Nullamullays are to a certain extent inhabited, 

 though there are no absolutely fixed villages. The people 

 belong to a tribe or variety, called Chensulahs ; or rather, 

 there is about these mountains such a people 5 dwelling here 

 and there in an unsettled state in the belts of jungle lying 

 along the bases of the hills. 1", myself, have only seen in- 

 habited villages of these people in the jungle round the 

 flanks, though I have passed through many other deserted 

 villages on the hills themselves. A tribe, which I saw 

 camped at Bolapilly on the Cummum side of the moun- 

 tains, considered itself distinct from what it called " Hill 

 Chensulahs." The probable state of affairs may, however, 

 be that these latter people were Yanadis ; and that the 

 Chensulahs are an off-shoot from that family, for they are 

 occasionally so called by the adjacent low-country 

 •people. The Chensulahs say that the Yanadis ahrays live 

 near villages outside the jungle, whereas they them- 

 selves never do so. They are small and weak-looking, 

 but can apparently go through much exertion in the 

 way of walking, and can do without food much longer 

 than the low country native. I had three of these men 

 as guides from a village near Yellagode, who were ap- 

 parently very stupid, and only knew one road. They did 

 not seem to care about game and had no weapons. Again, on 

 two other occasions, three guides were brought to us. The 

 first, from Busswapoor, was a most intelligent savage. He 

 had a bow and three arrows, was very quick at seeing any 

 game, or at comprehending where we wanted to go, and talked 

 as little as possible; preferring to make signs to us with his 



