KHONDS.
blood; but vent your wrath upon that gentleman, who is well able to bear it; we are guiltless."
Time has only increased the effect of this courteous but effectual interference. The Khond language has become known, which proved to be a dialect of Tamil, not unlike that of the Gonds, Kols, &c.; to the north and east roads have been made, schools established; and it may be inferred that the Khond savagery is gradually disappearing.