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[9] _Orpheus_, p. 152.

[10] The sacrifice is now falling into abeyance, as landowners refuse to supply the buffalo.

[11] Dr. Jevons, _Introduction to the History of Religion_, p. 368.

[12] _Vide_ article on Lakhera.

[13] _Rasmala_, i. p. 100.

[14] _Ibidem_, p. 241.

[15] _Khandesh Gazetteer_, p. 62.

[16] _Bombay Gazetteer_, vol. i. part ii. p. 34.

[17] From _jihar_, a tree or shrub.

[18] _Acacia catechu_.

[19] _Dhan_ properly means wealth, _cf._ the two meanings of the word stock in English.

[20] _Berar Census Report_ (1881), para. 180.

[21] _Ibidem_.

[22] _Bawan_ = fifty-two.

[23] _Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarat_ p. 490, App. B, Gujar.

[24] _Eugenia jambolana_.

[25] _Ficus glomerata_.

[26] See the article ent.i.tled 'An Anthropoid.'

[27] _Bombay Gazetteer; Nasik_ p. 26.

[28] This is the rule in the Nagpur District.

[29] From a note by Mr. A. K. Smith, C.S.

[30] Circle Inspector Ganesh Prasad.

[31] _Semicarpus anacardium_.

[32] 'Oh, Lord Mahabir, give me a child, only one child.'

[33] _Beast and Man in India_, p. 44. But, according to the same writer, the Hindus do say, 'Drunk as an owl' and also 'Stupid as an owl.'

[34] _Crotalaria juncea_.

[35] The 3rd Baisakh (May) Sudi, the commencement of the agricultural year. The name means, 'The day of immortality.'

[36] Furnished by Inspector Ganesh Prasad.

[37] _Dam_: breath or life.

[38] These paragraphs are largely based on a description of a Wardha village by Mr. A.K. Smith, C.S.

[39] _Nagpur Settlement Report_, para. 45.

[40] The references to English farming in this paragraph are taken from an article in the _Sat.u.r.day Review_ of 22nd August 1908.

[41] _Report on the Territories of the Raja of Nagpur_.

[42] _Rasmala_, ii. 242.

[43] A freebooting tribe who gave their name to Kathiawar.

[44] This article is partly based on papers by Nanhe Khan, Sub-Inspector of Police, Khurai, Saugor, and Kesho Rao, Headmaster, Middle School, Seoni-Chhapara.

[45] Literally 'The Month of Separatica.' It is the eighth month of the Muhammadan year and is said to be so called because in this month the Arabs broke up their encampments and scattered in search of water. On the night of Shab-i-Barat G.o.d registers all the actions of men which they are to perform during the year; and all the children of men who are to be born and die in the year are recorded. Though properly a fast, it is generally observed with rejoicings and a display of fireworks. Hughes' _Dictionary of Islam_, p. 570.

[46] _Tribes and Castes of the N.W.P.,_ art. Kunjra.

[47] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, _ibidem_.

[48] This article is compiled from notes taken by Mr. Hira Lal and by Pyare Lal Misra, Ethnographic clerk.

[49] _North Arcot Manual_, vol. i. p. 220.

[50] Vol. i. p. 224.

[51] _Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies_.

[52] In this article some account of the houses, clothes and food of the Hindus generally of the northern Districts has been inserted, being mainly reproduced from the District Gazetteers.

[53] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Kurmi.

[54] _Indian Folk Tales_, p. 8.

[55] _Crotalaria juncea_. See article on Lorha for a discussion of the Hindus' prejudice against this crop.

[56] There are several Chaurasis, a grant of an estate of this special size being common under native rule.

[57] _Boswellia serrata_.

[58] _Eugenia Jambolana_.