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in their persons, their dress, and their houses ; and 
dry-earth conservancy has been in use amongst them 
from time immemorial. 
There is no coinage now, except the old Chinese 
coins. The price of most articles is estimated in ticngas, 
one hundred tungas being equal to about twenty-four 
shillings ; but the rate of exchange varies. The 
hums or yamhoo is a silver ingot, shaped somewhat 
like a wooden shoe, and it varies in value from 5/. to 
16/., according to weight. The tilla is another 
coin, worth about eleven shillings. The weights in 
common use are made of iron, and the balances are all 
on the principle of the steelyard. 
The better classes use vessels of copper for cooking 
and at table, some of these are beautifully chased. 
I do not know how the poorer classes manage 
to cook, for the copper vessels are expensive. I 
do not think that zinc is known in the country, 
and brass is not made. The brass vessels of our 
Hindu servants were taken at first for gold. 
I could not ascertain much regarding the diseases 
prevalent in the country, as villagers are scared by a 
large camp, particularly when the latter is accom- 
panied by officials, and do not come freely for treat- 
ment. I doubt if intermittent fever exists. About 
every third man we saw, both rich and poor, was 
afflicted with goitre. Syphilis was reported by the 
native doctor to be common, but none of the cases 
presented themselves to me. Cataract was very 
common. 
The Dad Khwah sent me a few cases to treat. 
One was an open cancer growing on the forehead, 
and almost as large as the man's head. Another was 
