In a note on the Karnabattus, Mr. F. R. Hemingway writes that "though a low caste, they forbid the remarriage of widows. But the remark in the Census Report (1901) that they abstain from meat is not true of the Karnabattus questioned, who admitted that they would eat even pork. Their special deity is Somesvara, whom they unite to worship on the new-moon day of Pushyam (January-February). The god is represented by a mud idol made for the occasion. The pujari (priest) throws flowers over it in token of adoration, and sits before it with his hands outstretched and his mouth closed until one of the flowers falls into his hands." The Karnabattus have no regular caste titles, but sometimes the elders add Ayya or Anna as a suffix to their name. Karna Sale.--The Karna Sales are a caste of Telugu weavers, who are called Seniyans in the Tamil country, e.g., at Madura and Tanjore. They seem to have no tradition as to their origin, but the name Karna would seem to have its origin in the legend relating to the Karnabattus. These are, in the community, both Saivites and Vaishnavites, and all members of the Illabaththini sept are Vaishnavites. They are said to have only one gotra, Kasi (Benares), and numerous exogamous septs, of which the following are examples:-- Vasthrala, cloth. Rudrakshala, seeds of Elæocarpus Ganitrus. Mandha, village common or herd. Kodavili, sickle. Thadla, rope. Thatichettu, palmyra palm. Dhoddi, court-yard. Thippa, rubbish-heap. In some places, the office of headman, who is called Setti, is hereditary. He is assisted by a Pedda Kapu, and Nela Setti, of whom the latter is selected monthly, and derives his name from the Telugu nela (month). In their marriage ceremonial, the Karna Sales closely follow the Padma Sales, but they have no upanayanam (sacred thread rite), or Kasiyathre (mock pilgrimage to Benares), have twelve pots brought for worship, and no pot-searching. As among other Telugu castes, when a girl reaches puberty, twigs of Strychnos Nux-vomica are placed in the special hut erected for the occasion. On the third or fifth day, the girl's relations come to her house under a cloth canopy (ulladam), carrying rice soaked in jaggery (crude sugar) water. This rice is called dhadibiyam (wet rice), and is placed in a heap, and, after the waving of coloured water, distributed, with pan-supari (betel leaves and areca nuts), among those present. The dead are carried to the burial-ground in a car, and buried, after the manner of Lingayats, in a sitting posture. Jangams officiate at funerals.