ndus of Gujarat_, p. 180.

[518] _Bombay Gazetteer, Nasik_, p. 50.

[519] According to another account Namdeo belonged to
Marwar. Mr. Maclagan's _Punjab Census Report_ (1891), p. 144.

[520] _Berar Census Report_ (1881), para. 231.

[521] This article is partly based on a note by Mr. Gokul Prasad,
Tahsildar, Dhamtari.

[522] This article is based entirely on a paper by Rai Bahadur Panda
Baijnath, Superintendent, Bastar State.

[523] Compiled mainly from a paper by Kanhya Lal, clerk in the
Gazetteer office.

[524] Cf. the two meanings of the word 'stock' in English.

[525] _Tribes and Castes of Bengal_, art. Dhanuk.

[526] _Eastern India_, i. 166, as quoted in Crooke's _Tribes and
Castes_.

[527] Cf. the two perfectly distinct groups of Paiks or foot-soldiers
found in Jubbulpore and the Uriya country.

[528] _Tribes and Castes of the N. W. P. and Oudh_, art. Basor.

[529] The following particulars are from a paper by Kanhya Lal, a
clerk in the Gazetteer office belonging to the Educational Department.

[530] This article is based almost entirely on a monograph by
Mr. Jeorakhan Lal, Deputy Inspector of Schools, Bilaspur.

[531] _Grewia vestita._

[532] The term brother's brother-in-law is abusive in the same sense
as brother-in-law (_sala_) said by a man.

[533] See commencement of this article.

[534] _Cynodon dactylon._

[535] _Shorea robusta._

[536] This article is based partly on papers by Mr. Govind Moreshwar,
Head Clerk, Mandla, and Mr. Pancham Lal, Naib-Tahsildar, Sihora. Much
of the interesting information about the occupations of the caste
was given to the writer by Babu Kali Prasanna Mukerji, Pleader, Saugor.

[537] As a rule a husband and wife never address each other by name.

[538] Among Hindus it is customary to give a little more than the
proper sum on ceremonial occasions in order to show that there is no
stint. Thus Rs. 1-4 is paid instead of a rupee.

[539] _Berar Census Report_ (1881), p. 133.

[540] _Ibidem_, _l.c._

[541] _Ibidem_, _l.c._

[542] _Anthocephalus kadamba._

[543] From _ghat_, a steep hillside or slope; hence a river-crossing
because of the banks sloping down to it.

[544] _Trapa bispinosa._

[545] _Jungle Life in India_, p. 137.

[546] _Berar Census Report_ (1881), p. 132.

[547] The following notice of caste offences is from Mr. Govind
Moreshwar's paper.

[548] Not probably on account of the commission of a crime, but because
being sentenced to