In his "History of Railway thieves," Mr. M. Paupa Rao Naidu, writing about the pick-pockets or Thetakars, says that "most of them wear shoes called chadavs, and, if the articles stolen are very small, they put them at once into their shoes, which form very convenient receptacles from their peculiar shape; and, therefore, when a pick-pocket with such a shoe on is suspected of having stolen a jewel, the shoes must be searched first, then the mouth and the other parts of the body." Kaththula (sword).--An exogamous sept of Yanadi. Katige (collyrium).--A gotra of Kurni. Katikala (collyrium).--An exogamous sept of Devanga. Katike.--The Katike or Katikilu are butchers in the Telugu country, concerning whom it is noted, in the Kurnool Manual, that "some are called Sultani butchers, or Hindus forcibly circumcised by the late Nabob of Kurnool. They observe both Mussalman and Hindu customs." A correspondent in the Kurnool district informs me that the butchers of Kurnool belong to three classes, one selling beef, and the others mutton. Of these, the first are Muhammadans, and are called Gayi Khasayi, as they deal in beef. The other two are called respectively Sultanis and Surasus, i.e., the circumcised and uncircumcised. Both claim to be the descendants of two brothers, and have the following tradition concerning their origin. Tipu Sultan is said not to have relished the idea of taking mutton at the hands of Hindus, as they would not perform Bismallah at the time of slaughtering the sheep. He accordingly ordered both the brothers to appear before him. Being the manager of the family, the elder went, and was forcibly circumcised. On hearing the news, the younger brother absconded. The descendants of the former are Muhammadans, and of the latter Hindus. As he was made a Muhammadan by force, the elder brother and his descendants did not adopt all the Muhammadan manners and customs. Till recently they did not even allow their beards to grow. At the present day, they go to mosques, dress like Muhammadans, shave their heads, and grow beards, but do not intermarry with the true Muhammadans. The descendants of the younger brother still call themselves Ari-katikelu, or Maratha butchers, profess the Hindu religion, and follow Hindu manners and customs. Though they do not eat with Muhammadans or Sultanis, their Hindu brethren shun them because of their profession, and their intimacy with Sultanis. I am informed that, at Nandyal in the Kurnool district, some Maratha butchers, who observe purely Hindu customs, are called by Muhammadan names. The Tahsildar of the Sirvel taluk in the same district states that, prior to the reign of the father of Ghulam Rasul Khan, the dethroned Nawab of Kurnool, the butcher's profession was solely in the hands of the Marathas, some of whom were, as stated in the Manual, forcibly circumcised, and became a separate butcher caste, called Sultani. There are two sections among these Sultani butchers, viz., Bakra (mutton) and Gai