merchants are found using a secret language based on Hindustani. This is the case in one part of Madras city. With them pav khane stands for one anna, ada khane for two annas, pavak ruppe for one rupee, and so on. Brokers have terms of their own. The Tamil phrase padiya par, when used by them, means ask less or say less, according as it is addressed to the purchaser or seller. Similarly, mudukka par means ask a higher price. When a broker says Sivan thambram, it is to be inferred that the price given out by the seller includes his own brokerage. Telugu brokers have similar terms. Among them, the phrase Malasu vakkadu and Nasi vakkadu denote respectively increase the rate, and decrease the rate stated." Chevvula (ears).--An exogamous sept of Boya and Golla. Cheyyakkaran.--A Malayalam form of the Canarese Servegara. Chikala (broom).--An exogamous sept of Tottiyan. Chikka (small).--A sub-division of Kurni. Chikkudu (Dolichos Lablab).--An exogamous sept of Muka Dora. Chilakala (paroquet).--An exogamous sept of Boya, Kapu and Yanadi. Chilla (Strychnos potatorum: clearing-nut tree).--An exogamous sept of Kuruba, and sub-division of Tottiyan. Chimala (ant).--An exogamous sept of Boya and Tsakala. Chimpiga (tailor).--Recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as a Lingayat sub-caste of Rangari. In the Mysore Census Report, 1901, Darjis are classified as follows:--"(1) Darji, Chippiga, or Namdev; (2) Rangare." The first three, known by the collective name of Darji, are professional tailors, while the Rangares are also dyers and calico printers. Chimpiri (rags).--An exogamous sept of Boya. Chinerigadu.--A class of mendicants connected with the Padma Sales. (See Devanga.) Chinda.--Recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as a small caste of Oriya cultivators in Ganjam and Vizagapatam. Chinese-Tamil Cross.--Halting in the course of an anthropological expedition on the western side of the Nilgiri plateau, I came across a small settlement of Chinese, who have squatted for some time on the slopes of the hills between Naduvatam and Gudalur and developed, as the result of alliances with Tamil Pariah women, into a colony, earning a modest livelihood by cultivating vegetables and coffee.