Kasai (beef butcher). Similar stories of forcible conversion to the Muhammadan religion are prevalent in the Bellary district, where the Kasayis are mostly converted Hindus, who dress in the Hindu style, but possess Muhammadan names with Hindu terminations, e.g., Hussainappa. In connection with butchers, I may quote the following extract from a petition to the Governor of Madras on the subject of a strike among the Madras butchers in 1907. "We, the residents of Madras, beg respectfully to bring to your Excellency's notice the inconvenience and hardship we are suffering owing to the strike of the butchers in the city. The total failure of the supply of mutton, which is an important item in the diet of non-Brahmin Hindus, Muhammadans, Indian Christians, Parsis, Eurasians and Europeans, causes a deprivation not merely of something to which people have become accustomed, but of an article of food by which the health of many is sustained, and the want of which is calculated to impair their health, and expose them to diseases, against which they have hitherto successfully contended." Katorauto.--A name for the offspring of maid servants in the harems of Oriya Zamindars, who are said to claim to be Kshatriyas. Katta.--Katta or Katte, meaning a bund, dam, or embankment, has been recorded as an exogamous sept or gotra of Devanga and Kurni. Kattelu (sticks or faggots).--An exogamous sept of Boya. Kattira.--A sub-division of Gadaba. Kattu.--See Kadu. Kattukudugirajati.--The name, meaning the caste which allows living together after marriage of an informal kind, recorded [124] as the caste name of Turuvalars (Vedars) of Salem, derived from a custom among them, which authorises temporary matrimonial arrangements. Kattu Kapari (dweller in the forest).--Said to be a name for Irulas or Villiyans. The equivalent Kattu Kapu is, in like manner, said to be a name for Jogis. Kattu Marathi.--A synonym of Kuruvikaran. Kaudikiaru.--Kaudikiaru or Gaudikiaru is a title of Kurubas. Kavadi.--In the Madras Census Report, 1901, Kabadi is returned as the name of a class of Telugu wood-cutters. Kavadi is the name of a division of Koravas, who carry offerings to Perumalswami at Tirupati on a pole (kavadi). Kavadi or Kavadiga is further the name given to Kannadiyan curd-sellers in Madras, who carry the curds in pots as head-loads. Kavalgar (watchman).--Recorded, at times of census, as a sub-division of Ambalakaran, and title of Nattaman, Malaiman, and Sudarman. The equivalent Kavali is recorded as a sub-division of the Kammas. The Kavalis, or watchers, in the Telugu country, are said to be generally Lingayat Boyas. [125] The Telugu Mutrachas are also called Kavalgar. The village kaval system in the southern districts is discussed in the note on Maravans.