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of the country of Siccim. 
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latter of these remains standing three years before it has arrived at maturity. The 
only regular tax which they appear to pay the Rcijah, is a basket of rice and a ru- 
pee annually ; but in case of war or any extraordinary demand, the Rajah draws up- 
on the Casis , and they again extort from the raiats as much as they can. No 
cattle seem to be kept in this part of the country, but further north they have 
a very fine breed, much resembling the Bhalleiis of the Morang and Nepdl* 
L6ha Sing was my only informant regarding their religion, and his knowledge 
appeared to be of the lowest order. He represented it as entirely a system of 
fear. The bhut,hs and debtahs of the hills are supposed their constant enemies, and 
the object of their religion to ensure protection from them. L6ha Sing exhibited 
two pictures he had obtained from a Lama. They were very rude, only the face 
being distinguishable, the rest a mass of flourishes. One of them represented 
Menjar, and by his favor a traveller is preserved from the attacks of debtahs ; the 
other was Tharmah, whose aid was implored against the demon of sickness. Each 
god and demon, of whom he enumerated a great number, had his appropriate mant - 
rah. Amongst his treasures were some slips of papers about six inches by two, on 
each of which something was written in the Lepcha language. To one extremity 
of each was attached a string, so that when all the slips were tied together, the 
pieces of string hung down from one end of the packet. When a person is ill 
he takes these slips of paper between his hands, and raising them to his fore- 
head, utters a want rah. Then, with averted eyes, he takes at hazard one of the strings, 
and the .attached slip contains the name of the possessing debtah, and the sacrifice 
by which he is to be propitiated. Another book contained a list of certain articles 
of food, which should be abstained from on particular days. Such is the supersti- 
tion of the vulgar ; it is impossible to say what are the refinements of the Lamas. 
The languages in use amongst them, are the Bhotiah and the Lepcha. The for- 
mer is used in their sacred works, and appears to be the same of which Father 
Georgius gives us the rudiments, in his Alphubetum Tibetanum, and of which a 
German missionary, who died some years ago at Titalxah, compiled a dictionary, 
which has since been published by orders of Government. To those who are fond 
of tracing the analogy of languages, the following list of words may not be 
uninteresting, as exhibiting those which are well known best to indicate the ori- 
gin of a dialect. 
English. 
B holia. 
Lepcha. 
| English. 
Bhotia. 
Lepcha. 
ung 
Hand 
lakti 
kaiyok 
Water 
chuh 
Foot 
Finger 
kfinti 
tzfimuh 
tonglyok 
kajyok 
Fire 
mill 
null 
Nose 
nha 
tangnom 
One 
chi 
kat 
Teeth 
soh 
afo 
Two 
nyi 
sfi.ni 
nyat 
Lip 
y&tnchuh 
adhfil 
Three 
sin 
Ear 
namchok 
anyor 
Four 
ji (French j) 
fall! 
Eye 
niidhdh 
amik 
Five 
ngau 
fungfi 
Hair 
kvab 
atsom 
Six 
tl’U 
tor ok 
Knee 
pumfih 
takpat 
Seven 
dheun 
kick ok 
Chin 
euku 
tagu 
Eight 
dyeh 
kuku 
Tongue 
chch 
all 
Nine 
gbfili 
kakyot 
Mouth 
Salt 
khdh 
tsoh 
abong 
vom 
Ten 
chfitombah 
katti 
Loha Singh’s skill did not reach so far as the method of arithmetical notation. 
He pretended to be master of the subject, and wrote me down a long list of figures; 
but the next day, on being requested to repeat his list, he drew out another perfect- 
ly different. 
On geographical subjects little was to be learnt. Some Lepchas gave me the 
names of the villages between Nagri and the Rijbari ; and as they differ 
from those formerly given me by Rarnu Pardh£n, it may be as well to mention 
them. 
Pubong. 
Chongtong. 
Mukdam. 
Ghok. 
Jimong. 
Tanyik, 
Nangilachi. 
Tandonglahap. 
Tamih. 
