[19] Ind. Ant. xv. p. 15.

[20] In Sir G. Grierson’s account the Bhojpuri version is printed in the Nāgari character; but this cannot be reproduced. It is possible that one or two mistakes have been made in transliteration.

[21] Quoted in Mr. Crooke’s article on Dom.

[22] Gayer, Lectures, p. 59.

[23] Gunthorpe, p. 81. Mr. Kennedy says: “Sānsia and Beria women have a clove (lavang) in the left nostril; the Sānsias, but not the Berias, wear a bullāq or pendant in the fleshy part of the nose.”

[24] Gayer, l.c. p. 61.

[25] Crooke, l.c. para. 3.

[26] In a footnote Mr. Nesfield states: “The Kanjar who communicated these facts said that the child used to open out its neck to the knife as if it desired to be sacrificed to the deity.”

[27] Butea frondosa.

[28] It is not, I think, used for weaving now, but only for stuffing quilts and cushions.