[11] More elaborate laments are given on pp. 385–8. [↑]
[12] This ceremony is also called kachpùtchpimi. [↑]
[13] Natesa Sastri, Madras Mail, Aug. 28th, 1894. [↑]
[14] The matchuni of a person is the child of his mother’s brother, or of his father’s sister (see [Chapter XXI]). [↑]
[15] At the azaramkedr (see p. [381]) these boxes are only burnt at a woman’s funeral, their place at a man’s funeral being taken by bamboo vessels called wak. This is probably also true of the etvainolkedr. [↑]
[17] Ind. Antiq., 1874, iii. 274. [↑]
[19] Letters on the Neilgherries, 1829, p. 81. [↑]
[20] This experience gave me a very striking object-lesson, showing how easy it is to make mistakes in anthropological investigation. The first account given to me seemed to make it absolutely clear that the removal of the relics was made the occasion of a feast. [↑]