For the following note on the Perikes of the Godavari district, I am indebted to Mr. F. R. Hemingway. "Like some of the Kammas, they claim to be of Kshatriya stock, and say they are of the lineage of Parasu Rama, but were driven out by him for kidnapping his sister, while pretending to be gunny-bag weavers. They say that they were brought to this country by king Nala of the Mahabharata, in gratitude for their having taken care of his wife Damayanti when he quitted her during his misfortunes. They support the begging caste of Varugu Bhattas, who, they say, supported them during their exile, and to whom they gave a sanad (deed of grant) authorising them to demand alms. These people go round the Perike houses for their dues every year. The Pisu Perikes, who still weave gunny-bags, are said not to belong to the caste proper, members of which style themselves Racha Perikes. "The Perikes say that, like the Komatis, they have 101 gotras. Their marriage ceremonies are peculiar. On the day of the wedding, the bride and bridegroom are made to fast, as also are three male relatives, whom they call suribhaktas. At the marriage, the couple sit on a gunny-bag, and another gunny, on which a representation of the god Mailar is drawn or painted, is spread between them. The same god is drawn on two pots, and these, and also a third pot, are filled with rice and dhal (Cajanus indicus), which are cooked by two married women. The food is then offered to Mailar. Next, the three suribhaktas take 101 cotton threads, fasten them together, and tie seven knots in them. The bride and bridegroom are given cloths which have been partly immersed in water coloured with turmeric and chunam (lime), and the suribhaktas are fed with the rice and dhal cooked in the pots. The couple are then taken round the village in procession, and, on their return, the knotted cotton threads are tied round the bride's neck instead of a tali. Some Perikes style themselves Sathu vandlu, meaning a company of merchants or travellers. Perike Muggula is the name of a class of Telugu mendicants and exorcists. Periya (big).--Periya or Periyanan has been recorded as a sub-division of Karalan, Kunnuvan, Occhan, and Pattanavan. The equivalent Peru or Perum occurs as a sub-division of the Malayalam Kollans and Vannans and Perim of Kanikars. Periya illom is the name of an exogamous illom of Kanikars in Travancore. Perugadannaya (bandicoot rat sept).--An exogamous sept of Bant. Perum Tali (big tali).--A sub-division of Idaiyan, and of Kaikolans, whose women wear a big tali (marriage badge). Perumal.--Perumal is a synonym of Vishnu, and the name is taken by some Pallis who are staunch Vaishnavites. A class of mendicants, who travel about exhibiting performing bulls in the southern part of the Madras Presidency, is known as Perumal Madukkaran or Perumal Erudukkaran. Perumalathillom, meaning apparently big mountain house, is an exogamous sept or illom of the Kanikars of Travancore.