TODAS  , a small See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral tribe of See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, found only on the Nilgiri hills . They are distinguished by their tall, well-proportioned figures, aquiline noses, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, wavy See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair and full beards . Their See also:

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

colour is a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown . Their See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress consists of a single See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, which they See also:

• WEAR

wear like the See also:

• PLAID (Gael. plaide, Ir. ploid, usually taken to be derived from Gael. peall, sheepskin, Lat. pellis, skin)

plaid of a Scotch highlander . The See also:

• WOMEN

women See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the whole See also:

• BODY

body with this See also:

• MANTLE

mantle . Their See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole occupation Is See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-herding and See also:

• DAIRY

dairy-See also:

• WORK

work . They practise See also:

• POLYANDRY (Gr. iroXus, many, and 6.vi7P, man)

polyandry, a woman marrying all the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers of a See also:

• FAMILY

family . 'I he proportion of See also:

• FEMALES

females to See also:

• MALES

males is about three to five . Their See also:

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

language is a mixture of Tamil and See also:

• KANARESE

Kanarese, and is classified by See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop Caldwell as a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate language of the See also:

• DRAVIDIAN (Sanskrit Dravida)

Dravidian family . The Todas See also:

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

worship their dairy-buffaloes, but they have a whole See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

pantheon of other gods . The only purely religious ceremony they have is Kona Shastra, the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice of a male See also:

• BUFFALO

buffalo See also:

• CALF
• CALF, THE GOLDEN

calf . Toda villages, called minds, usually consist of five buildings or huts, three of which are used as dwellings, one as a dairy and the other for sheltering the calves at See also:

• NIGHT

night .

These huts are of an See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval, pent-shaped construction usually Io ft. high, 18 ft. long and 9 ft. broad . They are built of See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo fastened with rattan and thatched . Each hut is enclosed within a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of loose stones . The inhabitants of a mand are generally related and consider themselves one family . The Todas numbered 807 in 1901 . See W . H . R . See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

Rivers, The Todas (1906) .