1 220 THE LORDS OF THE HILLS ; —
2 period two Rajpoot brothers, Boogjoo heroes,* emigrated
3 with their families and followers (about forty in number)
4 from a small village called Oopa or Oop, the original here-
5 ditary jaghire of their family, and in the vicinity of the
6 present Oude. Some family dissensions appear to have been
7 the main cause of this emigration, and a fortune-seeking and
8 adventurous spirit seems to have induced them to leave their
9 paternal home and make their wray towards the North West,
10 then the supposed scene of strife and a promising field
11 for the heroic adventurer. On their way thither, they,
12 while performing their -devotions at the holy Ganges, were
13 advised by some astrologers (Jothushee and Nejume pundits)
14 that they should proceed on their route to the banks of the
15 second next large river they should meet with. Thus they
16 crossed the Jumna, and seem to have met with opportunities suffi-
17 cient to induce them to settle on the east banks of the Sutlej,
18 where those two brothers, the elder named Bajoo Sirb, and
19 the younger Dulleep, formed a kind of settlement in some dense
20 jungles. However, it was not long before they disagreed, so
21 as to induce the younger, Dulleep, to leave the elder ; and
22 he is supposed to have, at this juncture, crossed the river,
23 and with his own family and a few followers, to have settled
24 in the present Punjaub. From this date or period there is
25 no further notice of Bajoo Sirb left on record, except some
26 • It must be supposed that in those ages, there were different kinds of soldiers
27 and weapons, and the heroes were called after their different weapons, — thus the
28 Boogjoo warrior was he who could wield in battle the heavy Boogjoo or mallett, at
29 present in native use only among wrestlers. The Moon or Moonghy is still different
30 from the Boogjoo or Goorj, &c. The Goorg or Goorj was he that could wield
31 the heavy mace in battle. There were several kinds of Goorj, from the heavy and
32 large headed mace — iron and metal imitations of which may be at present seen
33 among natives, down to the lat'h or iron-headed dong or bludgeon, at present
34 in use among natives. The Kumannee is perfectly out of use except in ripe grain
35 fields, where the sling is now only used to frighten away birds, &c. The
36 Tereendauz or archer is in some parts as yet to be seen with his poisoned
37 rrows, as about Kukka Bumba, Kaabaan, &c. &c.