1 ICAXNEBS.
2 villa^» and is called MuUick. Their authority is entirely confined
3 to external affairs, and they never interfere in the disputes of the
4 people* unless when one of them is armed with the temporary powers
5 of a Chdwashtee. Quarrels are privately mMle iip 'Or alkyMed to
6 oontiniie till they become troubleioiiie to.tfa« oDmiiiiiiuly* when om
7 or both of the diaputntib art oxpeikd iha viUi^Vdvil mks «v»
8 ■Bttled ty.MoollaB. RiUic affiun joe mMiagad hy the MnlUk in
9 eomwltiiMoP with TjfStuUub }. but in may tnuHctioo which mig^ kid
10 towir» orothennaeterionaLja^ctthevillagey theMuHihMwiiihlet
11 th9 Men aad takea tfaeir'advice.: do qiiettnni of oounw m put to
12 the votei bot-fhe MhUiIl gpthen the aeoae of the nwinmhly, ubiutvoa
13 whether their inewt ugleee with.hia, and jndjget how fir he mi^ tdy
14 on their wuppait t£. he finds thet their opinion is diftrinil horn hh
15 own- When a war if reaohred on, CSiciwaafateei' are immediate];
16 appointed, and the ftnmmwufl of them is invariably conferred on
17 Tyztullub, who in ooompieiiGe is called the Merr, n title which he
18 retains at, all times, as Moraud does that of Mullik. He is Ibnnally
19 invested with his office by the Mullik, who binds a turban round Kb
20 head in. the presence of the whole village, of which he immediately
21 asflumes the control. lie calls out the fighting men, poeto centinels,
22 and makes all military arrangements ; while he prevents internal
23 disorder hv imposintr fines on all who break the peace. The Mullik
24 loses his iiiiporiaru e fiom the tinir the Chelwaslitee is ap{K>ink'(l: he
25 still retains his superior rank ami honour, hut he interferes in nothing,
26 and would be as liable to juinishment as any other individual, if he
27 engaged in any quarrel or disturbance. The custom of appointing
28 Chelwashtees prevails all over Kuttawauz : it seems indeed to be
29 rendered equally necessary in all parts of that country, by the feuds
30 winch subsist between neighbouring villages. I am, however, in-
31 clined to think tiiat iliii^ state of things lias not always^ existed, because
32 the custom of fortifying the villages seems only coming in, and most
33 cf tlKMe in Kuttawanx are still open.
34 NotwidiBtandhig their domestic qoanda .and fends m& odier
35 tribes^ thsy areb^ no means a violent or initahle people. Tbey
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