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THE - NULL AMULLAYS . 



hands, or smile or frown as the case might require. He 

 knew all the paths up to a certain point, and then became 

 useless. The next two men were very much after the 

 model just described. One had a matchlock, the other the 

 bow and three arrows. 



Generally, the men tie their hair up in a small knot 

 behind the head, and some have the leather skull-cap so 

 commonly worn by shikarries. Any other clothing they have # 

 is very scant, and the wonder is how they manage to stand 

 the very severe cold of November and December. They 

 talked to our people in a low kind of Teloogoo, but their own 

 language seems to be different. Their bows are made of 

 bamboo, and a long thin strip of the same material is used 

 for the string, loops of cord being used only at each end of 

 the bow. The arrows are of bamboo and tipped with iron, 

 some of the tips being winged, approaching a barbed head. 



The huts met with on the hills are merely ridged 

 roofs covered with thatch, and there is occasionally a 

 low bamboo platform at the bottom on which to lie. I 

 went into one of these deserted huts as a shelter from the 

 sun, but in a few minutes was driven forth by the sudden 

 appearance of countless spider-like insects of a most pecu- 

 liar form. They had small round black bodies with very 

 long hair-like legs, say from 1J to 2 inches long, and they 

 came swaying about the place in the most overpowering and 

 airy way possible. At the same time, I became aware of 

 some large fleas, one of which had already seized hold of me 

 before I could rush out of the place. 



There is a great deal of game ; but I only met with the 

 sambur and spotted deer. The tracks of tigers and 

 leopards are not uncommon : of the former we saw frequent 

 examples, particularly on the banks of the Kistnah, where 



These are not Chensulah, but are left by jungle-cutters, &c., who work 

 On the hills at certain season?- 



