Note 5 — Chapter XXVII · RELATIONS WITH OTHER TRIBES
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1 Mav is also the Toda word for sambhar. ↑
2 According to Harkness, “each burgher, hamlet, or village” gives about two quarts (p. 108), or (p. 135) half a bushel to the ti and half a bushel to the other Todas. According to Breeks (p. 9), the gudu is about one-tenth, one-eighth, or one-fifth of the gross produce. ↑
3 It is possible that the elucidation of this point might also help towards the explanation of the Badaga account of the Toda clans. ↑
4 P. 136. ↑
5 P. 4. ↑
6 According to Breeks, the Kotas who supply the Todas are known as muḷḷu Kotas. ↑
7 The Kotas are agriculturists as well as mechanics, and, according to Breeks, they are quite as efficient as the Badagas in this occupation. They also keep buffaloes, though chiefly or entirely for their own use. ↑
8 It is perhaps noteworthy that some of the Kurumbas of Malabar are still noted for their cleverness in collecting honey, and are known as Tên or honey Kurumbas (Fawcett, Bull. Madras Museum, iii, p. 9). ↑