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, dealing with the language; and to Mr. H. N. Webber for help, especially in the revision of the genealogical tables.

Most of the illustrations in the book are from photographs taken under my direction by Messrs. Wiele and Klein of Madras, and I am indebted to H. M. India Office for permission to make use of illustrations from “An Account of the Primitive Tribes and Monuments of the Nilagiris,” by the late J. Williamson Breeks (1873), and to Messrs. Longmans Green and Co., for permission to make use of illustrations from “A Phrenologist amongst the Todas,” by the late Colonel William E. Marshall (1873).

W. H. R. R.

CONTENTS

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## CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1

## CHAPTER II THE TODA PEOPLE 18

## CHAPTER III DAIRIES AND BUFFALOES 38

## CHAPTER IV THE VILLAGE DAIRY 56

## CHAPTER V THE TI DAIRY 83

## CHAPTER VI BUFFALO MIGRATIONS 123

## CHAPTER VII ORDINATION CEREMONIES 144

## CHAPTER VIII SPECIAL DAIRY CEREMONIES 166

## CHAPTER IX THE TODA GODS 182

## CHAPTER X PRAYER 213

## CHAPTER XI THE DAIRY RITUAL 231

## CHAPTER XII DIVINATION AND MAGIC 249

## CHAPTER XIII SACRIFICE AND OFFERINGS 274

## CHAPTER XIV BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD CEREMONIES 313

## CHAPTER XV FUNERAL CEREMONIES 337

## CHAPTER XVI FUNERAL CEREMONIES (continued) 372

## CHAPTER XVII SACRED DAYS AND NUMBERS 405

## CHAPTER XVIII SACRED PLACES AND OBJECTS 417

## CHAPTER XIX THE TODA RELIGION 442

## CHAPTER XX GENEALOGIES AND POPULATION 461

## CHAPTER XXI KINSHIP 483

## CHAPTER XXII MARRIAGE 502

## CHAPTER XXIII SOCIAL ORGANISATION 540

## CHAPTER XXIV ARTS AND AMUSEMENTS 570

## CHAPTER XXV LANGUAGE 602

## CHAPTER XXVI PERSONAL NAMES 619

## CHAPTER XXVII RELATIONS WITH OTHER TRIBES 628

## CHAPTER XXVIII THE CLANS OF THE TODAS 643

## CHAPTER XXIX TEIVALIOL AND TARTHAROL 679

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