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2 as a preliminary to pay the Chuharum, or foartb, as a
3 perquisite to the Chief, or his Thanadar, ere he can recover
4 the amount of his losses. Independent of this, the Muhnr-
5 khaee, or approver, generally stipulates for a full pardon,
6 and that no demand shall be made on the confessing delin-
7 quent for his Kundee, viz. any, or such portion of the
8 property, as may have accrued to him as his dividend of
9 the spoil. This share of the spoil becomes chargeable to
10 the other thieves, and on settling accounts it is distributed
11 equally amongst them.
12 In all cases of stolen cattle, it is an established rule
13 when the Soordgh-Khoj, or trace of the footsteps, is car-
14 ried to the gate, or into the fields of any village, the
15 Zumeendars of that village must either shew the track
16 beyond their own boundary, and allow the village to be
17 searched, or pay the value of the cattle.*
18 The rules of succession to landed property in the
19 Sikh States are arbitrary, and are variously modified in
20 accordance to the usages, the interests and prejudices
21 of different families, nor is it practicable to reduce the
22 anomalous system to a fixed and leading principle. A
23 distinction obtains in the Canons of Inheritance, between
24 the Manjhee and Malwa Sikhs, or Singhs : the former
25 are so termed from the tract situated between the Ravee
26 and Beeah rivers, from which they originally sprung,
27 migrating thence and extending their conquests through
28 the Punjab, and into the Sirhind province, where being
29 of a military and predatory character, they soon conquered
30 • HiME, in treating of the Anglo-Saxons, sajs "If any man could
31 track his stolen cattle into another's ground, the latter was obliged to
32 shew the tracks oat of it, or pay their value."