Excerpt from The Aboriginal Tribes of the Nilgiri HillsThey are lighter in colour than the Hindoos proper, and also than any of the true hill - tribes, from whom they are besides easily distinguished at'a distance on account of their wearing turbans. They are beardless, slightly built, and smooth in limb.Several different classes exist among them, the more wealthy owning the only cows and oxen on the hills, as well as herds of buffaloes, many cultivate considerable tracts of grain and other agricultural produce, while the lowest grade either work for the others as labourers or hire themselves out to Europeans, being the only people on these hills who do so.Their worship is that of Siva, and a separate caste among them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.