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F. Fawcett, Journ. Anthrop. Soc., Bombay, i. 533-5.

"Gazetteer of the Madura District," 1906, i. 87.

"Gazetteer of the Vizagapatam District," 1907, i. 73.

L. K. Anantha Krishna Iyer, "The Cochin Tribes and Castes," 1909, i. 99.

F. Fawcett, Madras Museum Bull., 1901, iii., No. 3, 247.

M. J. Walhouse, "Ind. Ant." 1881, x. 364.

"Occasional Essays on Native South Indian Life," 1901, 70-1.

"Gazetteer of the Vizagapatam District," 1907, i. 205.

H. J. Stokes, "Ind. Ant.," 1876, v. 355-6.

L. K. Anantha Krishna Iyer, "The Cochin Tribes and Castes," 1909, i. 167.

"Gazetteer of the Vizagapatam District," 1907, i. 73.

"Ind. Ant.," 1876, v. 358.

Trial by Ordeal, see my "Ethnographic Notes in Southern India," 1907, 407-32.

"Gazetteer of the Godavari District," 1907, i. 64.

Madras Christ. Coll. Mag., 1887-8, v. 355.

At times of census, the Konda Doras have returned themselves as Pandava kulam, or Pandava caste.

"Manual of the Cuddapah District," 1875, 290-1.

Some Pandarams are managers of Siva temples.

"A Madura Missionary, John Eddy Chandler: a Sketch of his Life," Boston.

A. C. Haddon, "Magic and Fetishism" (Religions ancient and modern), 1906, 40.

For much of the note on Kaniyans I am indebted to Mr N. Subramani Iyer.

"Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar," translation, Hakluyt Society, 1866, 139.

"Journey through Mysore Canara, and Malabar," 1807, ii. 528.

"Malabar," 1887, i. 140-1.

The Kaniyan, when wanted in his professional capacity, presents himself with triple ash marks of Siva on his chest, arms, and forehead.

"Gazetteer of Malabar," 1908, i. 130.

C. Gopalan Nair, Malabar Series, "Wynad, its People and Traditions," 1911, 70-1.

Madras Museum Bull., 1901, iii., No. 3, 273-4.

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