=================+=============+============+============= | | | Number of | | Number | times Class. | Locality. | examined. | cephalic | | | index | | | exceeded 80. -----------------+-------------+------------+------------- Mappilla | Malabar | 40 | 0 Saiyad | Madras | 40 | 2 Pathan | Do. | 40 | 2 Sheik | Do. | 40 | 2 Dayare | Mysore | 40 | 8 =================+=============+============+============= Dayyalakulam (devil's family).--Recorded, at times of census, as a sub-caste of Gollas, who are wrestlers and acrobats. Dedingi.--Recorded as a sub-division of Poroja. Dera.--Dera, Dendra, and Devara occur as synonyms of Devanga. Desa.--A sub-division of Balija. Desadhipati, denoting ruler of a country, is a name assumed by some Janappans, who say that they are Balijas. Desayi.--For the following account of the Desayi institution, I am indebted to an excellent account thereof by Mr. S. M. Natesa Sastri. [52] "The word Desayi means of the country. For almost every taluk in the North Arcot district there is a headman, called the Desayi Chetti, who may be said in a manner to correspond to a Justice of the Peace. The headmen belong to the Kavarai or Balija caste, their family name being Dhanapala--a common name among the Kavarais--which may be interpreted as 'the protector of wealth.' The Dhanapala Desayi Chetti holds sway over eighteen castes, Kavarai, Uppara, Lambadi, Jogi, Idiga, Paraiyan, etc. All those that are called valangai, or right-hand caste, fall within his jurisdiction. He has an establishment of two peons (orderlies), who are castemen, and another menial, a sort of bugler, who blows the horn whenever the Desayi Chetti goes on circuit. When any deviation in the moral conduct of any man or woman occurs in a village under the Desayi's jurisdiction, a report of it is at once sent to the Desayi Chetti, through the Paraiya of the village, by the Desayi's representative in that village. He has his local agent in every village within his jurisdiction. On receipt of a report, he starts on circuit to the village, with all the quaint-looking paraphernalia attached to his office. He moves about from place to place in his bullock coach, the inside of which is upholstered with a soft cushion bed, with a profusion of pillows on all sides. The Paraiya horn-blower runs in front of the carriage blowing the horn (bhamka), which he carries suspended from his shoulder when it is not in use. On the Desayi Chetti arriving at a village, the horn is blown to announce his visit on professional matters. While he camps at a village, people from the surrounding country within his