CASTES AND TRIBES OF SOUTHERN INDIA By EDGAR THURSTON, C.I.E., Superintendent, Madras Government Museum; Correspondant Étranger, Société d'Anthropologie de Paris; Socio Corrispondante, Societa, Romana di Anthropologia. Assisted by K. Rangachari, M.A., of the Madras Government Museum. Volume II--C to J Government Press, Madras 1909. CASTES AND TRIBES OF SOUTHERN INDIA. VOLUME II. C Canji (gruel).--An exogamous sept of Padma Sale. Canji is the word "in use all over India for the water, in which rice has been boiled. It also forms the usual starch of Indian washermen." [1] As a sept of the Sale weavers, it probably has reference to the gruel, or size, which is applied to the warp. Chacchadi.--Haddis who do scavenging work, with whom other Haddis do not freely intermarry. Chadarapu Dhompti (square space marriage offering).--A sub-division of Madigas, who, at marriages, offer food to the god in a square space. Chakala.--See Tsakala. Chakkan.--Recorded in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as "a Malabar caste of oil-pressers (chakku means an oil-mill). Followers of this calling are known also as Vattakkadans in South Malabar, and as Vaniyans in North Malabar, but the former are the higher in social status, the Nayars being polluted by the touch of the Vaniyans and Chakkans, but not by that of the Vattakkadans. Chakkans and Vaniyans may not enter Brahman temples. Their customs and manners are similar to those of the Nayars, who will not, however, marry their women." Chakkingalavan appears as a synonym for Chakkan.