SANSEES, OR SANSEEAS.
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THE Sanseeas are a nomadic tribe, found chiefly in Lahore, the Manjha, and Sealkote. They live by hunting and thieving; but an attempt has been made, with some hope of success, to induce them to settle down to agricultural pursuits. They have a peculiar language and religion, and do not mix, or marry, with any other of the wandering tribes of India. As Dacoits they have had no rivals; and, though strangers to the localities, and unable to speak its dialects, they have yet penetrated to the Deccan, and carried on their daring exploits there, with a boldness and certainty unknown to other classes of Dacoits in India. They were fully described in No. 195 of Vol IV., to which article the reader is referred for further information.
