. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . OSHEES OF THEGHAUTS AND OF THE EUROrEAN STATION. The Rcimooshees of the Ghauts are a hill-tribe, inhabitingthe sterile spurs and valleys on the western face of theSyadrees. near Poona. They are not now naturally badlydisposed, and they are as easily influenced for good as forevil, but they are bitterly poor,—bad cultivators, the landthey cultivate is heart-breakingly unproductive. Their tradi-tions arc of robbery and rapine, committed often to get themeans to live ; as often as not they are th
. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . OSHEES OF THEGHAUTS AND OF THE EUROrEAN STATION. The Rcimooshees of the Ghauts are a hill-tribe, inhabitingthe sterile spurs and valleys on the western face of theSyadrees. near Poona. They are not now naturally badlydisposed, and they are as easily influenced for good as forevil, but they are bitterly poor,—bad cultivators, the landthey cultivate is heart-breakingly unproductive. Their tradi-tions arc of robbery and rapine, committed often to get themeans to live ; as often as not they are the tools of dishonest orvindictive Brahmins and receivers, who select their victims RAMOOSHEES OF SORTS. 217 for them, receive their booty, cheat them in paying for it,and when a crisis comes, betray them to the poHce. Theydo not ordinarily visit the City of Poona, nor are manyof them resident on its outskirts, but when any considerablenumber are observed in Poona, the authorities oughtto be very sure that some desperate enterprise is have been useful Ramooshee semi-police corps, and. RAMOOSHEE OF THE STATION. one might be raised again and employed at a distancefrom their homes, where they must always be at starvationpoint for three or four months preceding the first harvestof their poor hill crops. The Ramooshees of the civilstation and cantonment are another sort of it is that if you do not keep a Ramooshee fornight guard round your house, you run a great risk ofbeing robbed. He may be a Purdasee, a Mhar, a low-class 2i8 OUR TROUBLES IN POONA AND THE DECCAN. Mussulman, or even a Mhang, but have one you in a thick kumblee or coarse blanket, withthe dirtiest wisp of cloth wound round his head, someSahebs old waistcoat or jacket on his body, a langoti orloin cloth, perhaps a pair of Sahebs breeches—perhapsnot—and a pair of sandals, he perambulates your gardenwith a long staff in hand, striking it anon on the ground,and giving vent
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