Identifier: castestribesofso06thuruoft (find matches)
Title: Castes and tribes of southern India. Assisted by K. Rangachari
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Thurston, Edgar, 1855-1935 Rangachari, K
Subjects: Caste -- India Madras (Presidency) Ethnology -- India Madras (Presidency) India -- Social conditions
Publisher: Madras Government Press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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g to the nature of the season, and is espe-cially plentiful and of good quality when StrobilanthesWi(jhtiamts, S. Kunthiana, and other species are inflower. It has been said that even wild beasts will scent aSholaga, and flee before the aroma. The Sholagas, w^ho were examined by Dr. Riversand myself, came to the conclusion that the object of ourenquiry w^as to settle them in a certain place nearLondon, and that the wools of different colours (used fortesting colour vision) given to them for selection,were for tying them captive with. Others said that theycould not understand why the different organs of theirbodies were measured ; perhaps to reduce or increase thesize of their body to suit the different w^orks, which theywere expected to do near London. It has been pointedout to me, as an interesting fact, that a similarity ofidea concerning the modification of different organs tosuit men for the doing of special work has been arrivedat by the jungle folk, and by Mr. Wells in his book,
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H (J lac; A. 385 SHOLAGA The first men in the moon, where the lunar inhabitantsare described as carrying on the practice. Of the experiences of a Sholaga when out with aEuropean on a shooting expedition, the following accounthas recently been given.* My husband was after abear, and tracked Bruin to his cave. He had torchesmade, and these he ordered to be thrust into the cavein the hope of smoking the bear out, but, as nothinghappened, he went into the cave, accompanied by aSholigar carrying a torch. As soon as they got used tothe light, they saw a small aperture leading into an innercave, and the Sholigar was told to put the torch inthere. Hardly was this done, when out rushed a largebear, knocking over the Sholigar, and extinguishing thetorch. My husband could not get his gun up in time tofire, as the bear rushed through the cave into the jungle.Just as the Sholigar was picking himself up, out rushedanother bear. This time my husband was ready, andfired. To the Sholigars horror. Brui

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