Part 52

Ibidem.

Bawan = fifty-two.

Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarat p. 490, App. B, Gujar.

Eugenia jambolana.

Ficus glomerata.

See the article entitled 'An Anthropoid.'

Bombay Gazetteer; Nasik p. 26.

This is the rule in the Nagpur District.

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

Circle Inspector Ganesh Prasad.

Semicarpus anacardium.

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

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.'

Crotalaria juncea.

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

Furnished by Inspector Ganesh Prasad.

Dam: breath or life.

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

Nagpur Settlement Report, para. 45.

The references to English farming in this paragraph are taken from an article in the Saturday Review of 22nd August 1908.

Report on the Territories of the Raja of Nagpur.

Rasmala, ii. 242.

A freebooting tribe who gave their name to Kathiawar.

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

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 God 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.

Tribes and Castes of the N.W.P., art. Kunjra.

Tribes and Castes of Bengal, ibidem.

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