SUKALI, GIPSY TRIBE. 137
Nursima. Mungee.
Yencata. Jummini.
Dava. Chowli.
Gunga. Meetuddi.
Hosba. Toolcee.
These hills are frequently visited by a certain gipsy
tribe, the Lambani, or Brinjari, or, as they were here
called, the Sukali, whose head-quarters are a t Orissa.
They wander about in gangs under a headman, accompanied
by their cattle and all their worldly possessions.
They never stay very long in one place, but, I understand,
they make excellent coolies on coffee plantations.
In the olden days of Indian warfare, these people used
to make themselves eminently serviceable as grain-
carriers, on the backs of their cattle ; the remembrance
of which induced the Duke of Wellington, during the
Mahratta war, and, again, Colonel Coke and others during
the late Mutiny, to employ them in districts which
were either exhausted, or where sufficient carriage was
not obtainable, to supply the bazaars with food. The
haunts of the Brinjaris, for the purpose of pasturing
their cattle, were pretty well known; and, although
they avoided populated districts, the offer of a good
round sum would always secure their services. Colonel
Meadows Taylor, in his most interesting work, “ Story
of my Life,” gives his readers a little insight into the