The tribes hitherto mentioned, although sufficiently numerous, represent the mountaineers of the Manipur and Tibetan _frontiers_ only. The native tribes of the valley still stand over. These are-- 1. The _Muttuck_ or _Moa Mareya_, _south_ of the Brahmaputra, and so far Indianized as to be Brahminical in religion. Their locality is the south bank of the Brahmaputra; opposite to that of-- 2. _The Miri_, on the _north_.--The Miri are backed on the north by the Bor-Abors. 3. _The Mikir._--Mr. Robertson looks upon these as an intrusive people from the Jaintia hills: their present locality being the district of Nowgong, where they are mixed up with-- 4. _The Lalong._--I cannot say whether the Lalong speak their originally monosyllabic tongue, or have learnt the Bengali--a phenomenon which does much to disguise the true ethnology of more than one of the forthcoming tribes; one of which is certainly-- 5. _The Dhekra_, occupants of Lower Assam and Kamrup, where they are mixed up with other sections of the population. 6. _The Rabhá._--Like the Dhekra, these are Hindús. Like the Dhekra they speak Bengali. Hence, like the Dhekra, their true affinities are disguised. It is, however, pretty generally admitted by the best authorities that what may be predicated of the Garo and Bodo--two families of which a fuller notice will be given in the sequel--may be predicated of the sections in question, as also of-- 7. _The Hajong_ or _Hojai_.--Hindús, speaking a form of the Bengali at the foot of the Garo hills; and who join the Rabhá, whose locality is between Gwahatti and Sylhet, _i.e._, at the entrance of the Assam valley. The _Garo_ of the Garo hills to the north-east of Bengal now require notice. A mountaineer of these parts has much in common with the Coosya; yet the languages are, _perhaps_, mutually unintelligible. In form they are exceedingly alike. Now, a Garo[29] is hardy, stout, and surly-looking, with a flattened nose, blue or brown eyes, large mouth, thick lips, round face, and brown complexion. Their _buniahs_ (_booneeahs_) or chiefs, are distinguished by a silken turban. They have a prejudice against milk; but in the matter of other sorts of food are omnivorous. Their houses, called _chaungs_, are built on piles, from three to four feet from the ground, from ten to forty in breadth, and from thirty to one hundred and fifty in length. They drink, feast, and dance freely; and, in their matrimonial forms, much resemble the Bodo. The youngest daughter inherits. The widow marries the brother of the deceased; if he die, the next; if all, the father.