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12 Till: INDIAN A>?TIQT?ARY. [Jaktakt, 157.1. juiywhfTr-i ; hut, sitting where sbn had left him, a solitary fowl wm to bo seen. Tilting the ere*, iuro op in her firms, she pursued hrr jnnmoy alone. At length she eft jj-'s l*onse t and amongst the many questions uskcd her was "• Where ts your lniRDund Toriar" She replied l " I don't know, I left liim for a while went to fetch Wttter, Mid when F retnrne>d ho was not to ba seen. Perhaps ha will noon Krrtmfl : he most bo on the mad." Her risturl seeing (ha fowl, thought that it would make, them a good meal. So, in the ahfienee of Toria'a wife, they killed nod ate it Some time aCtenvurds they agam inquired as to her husband : she replied * l Perhaps you have eateu him I" AHCILKOLOGJCAL NOTES.* BY M. J. WAUIOnSK, KATK ILO& J. — Iffofttfors fine/ Vf^hUtnrif Puttery. In the mCgdU inhered graves in Coorg it in not unusual to meet with complete sets of pot- tery of the forma commonly found in there, hat ail in miniature, giving the idea of toy-p"' Similar- tiny vassals are said to have been found in each tombs in other province*, bat, 1 can- not just now liud a reference to any instances. In Koimbatur and southern districts I have often found ravaoas small rassala, bui >■>»■ not say they were so small as to ba evidently miniature, or smaller iudced tliau some oeea- aionally now in use. At page 479 of Hh'Ip Sterne Monument*, Sir. Fergusson, remarking npon the little box- 1 ike sham kb»tvaeus fortund at the present day by the niunntnin trihes of Travunctiro on occasions of death, observes, 4t The people having lout the power of erecting rueh huge structures as abound in their hilta f and on the plains around, from winch that may hare been drjrnn at some early period, are content still to keep up the traditions of a priinrcvnl usage by these, miniature shams. There eecins Uttlo doubt that this is and it is especially into resting to have observed it here, as ft 'Seconal* for what has often puzzled Indian antiquaries. In Coorg and elucwh-ro, miniature urm ft rid miniature utensils, ancili as one sees used as toys in European nurseries, uo often found iu these tombs, and have giron rise to a tradition among the natives that they belong to u race of pigmies • whereas it is evident that it is only a dying out of an ancient Mill, when, a$ in m generally the caw, the xymbol supersedes the reality. " The difference drawn in the forego mgpa&SAgo at Ami sight seems natural, but on consideration there are tome points that require clearing up. If miniature vessel* were found in niiriintaretDmhs, the hypothesis would bo very strong j bat they are n rhc huircmcgitlithic prinweiml strut r built whan the faiih, whatever it was, that dictat- ed them, most have been in full life, and * also abound with pottery of the ordinary site. The question then arises. Why, if sepulchre* oft hi full dimensions could be formed, should mmia- tuns vessels have been put in thnm t It seems also questionable whether it could have been done for cheapness* ask*. Anotonl nations have Often entombs;! valuable thing* with their dead, BOdai thi tailing aodeustom relaxed haver to hnryi he-real valuables, and supplied their place with cheap imitations, as thr< Chjnatt to-day are said to make sham vessels ft ml precious ofc on gold and Hilvor paper and bam before their sbriuosr. There may bi< an analogy between sueb custom* and the use of the minia- ture pottery, but it is n .-that whereas nothing can be cheaper and more abundant than f of tin.- common sue, whinh also occurs profusely in the tombs, it seems probable that miniature ware, expressly made for thu purpose, would bo more trouulejonis and rlaaror to make, Hough possible, it acernt difficult to imagine it mould hove been used for that reason lb-nee upon the whole question there Kama room for doubt whether the Coorg vessels really were miniature, or intended to be so; they arc i filler t ban many too and coffee cups, rape* eially such as are used by several Eastern nut ions , and I have scan clay and metal vessels almost II small amongst the various Hindu castes, " Coathmsd f rota vol. III. p. 278. pnml