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A JOURNEY" FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
chapter. The nature of the crops here is very different from that in the sou- 
them parts of the country. 
July 21. The Baydaru are of two kinds, Karnata, and Telinga . The for- 
the Baydaru. mer wear the Ling a, and are said to be numerous near Raya-durga . 
Those in the north-eastern parts of the Mysore Raja's dominions 
are of T zlinga descent, and retain that language. They seem to be 
the true Sudra cultivators and military of Telingana , and to have 
been introduced in great numbers intA the southern countries of 
the peninsula, when these became subject to Andray or Telingana 
princes. The Telinga Baydas neither intermarry, nor eat in common 
with those of Karnata extraction. Among themselves they can all 
eat together ; but, in order to keep up the purity of the race, they 
never marry, except in families whose pedigree is well known. 
Like the Br/thmans, they are divided into a number of families, of 
which a male and female can never intermarry. > They have also 
among them a race of nobles called Chimalas. Among these are the 
hereditary chiefs, who punish transgressions against the rules of 
cast, and who are called Gotugaru . From this class of nobles were 
also appointed the feudal lords, vulgarly called Poly gars ; but who 
assumed to themselves the Sanskrit title of Sansthdnika. Civil dif- 
ferences in this tribe are made up in assemblies of the heads of fami- 
lies, the hereditary chiefs having become almost extinct. No heavier 
punishment was ever inflicted by these than the mulct of an enter- 
tainment. The Baydaru ought by birth to be soldiers, and hunters 
of tigers, boars, deer, and other noble game, and ought to support 
themselves by cultivating the ground. They are both farmers and 
hinds, and sometimes act as Talliari , a low village officer. They are 
permitted to eat fowls, sheep, goats, hogs, deer, and fish, and to 
drink spirituous liquors. The men are allowed to take many wives, 
but can only divorce them for adultery. The women are very in- 
dustrious, both at home and in the field ; and even after the age of 
puberty continue to be marriageable. Widows are not expected to 
• sacrifice themselves to the manes of their husbands; but they 
