See also:

• KOTAS (Kotar, Koter, Kohatur, Gauhatar)

KOTAS (Kotar, Koter, Kohatur, Gauhatar)  , an aboriginal tribe of the Nilgiri hills, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . They are a well-made See also:

• PEOPLE

people, of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good features, tall, and of a dull See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, but some of them are among the fairest of the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill tribes . They recognize no See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste among themselves, but are divided into keris (streets), and a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man must marry outside his keri . Their villages (of which there are seven) are large, averaging from See also:

• THIRTY

thirty to sixty huts . They are agriculturists and herdsmen, and the only one of the hill tribes who practise See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial arts, being excellent as carpenters, smiths, tanners and See also:

• BASKET

basket-makers . They do See also:

• MENIAL

menial See also:

• WORK

work for the See also:

• TODAS

Todas, to whom they pay a See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute . They See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship ideal gods, which are not represented by any images . Their See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language is an old and See also:

• RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect of See also:

• KANARESE

Kanarese . In 1901 they numbered 1267 .