When we have passed the rajahship of Sikkim, we reach that of Nepâl. This, again, is independent. Such being the case, the line of frontier between the Hindú populations and the populations of the Bodo and Garo character lies beyond the pale of the British dependencies. But in proceeding westward, we pass Nepâl, and reach Kumaon. This is British, and, as it extends as far north as the Himalayas, it may contain monosyllabic languages, and tribes speaking them. It may present also instances of intermixture like those which we have already found in Behar--the line of demarcation being equally difficult and undefined. Difficult and undefined it really is--because, although it is an easy matter to take a portion of the Sirmor, Gurhwal, or Kumaon population, and say, "this is Hindú because both language and creed make it so," it is by no means so easy to prove that the blood, pedigree, or descent is Hindú also. To repeat an illustration already in use--many such populations may be Hindú only as the Cornishmen are English. Now the populations of the Tibetan stock to the west of Nepâl, so little known in detail, must be illustrated by means of our knowledge of the tribes of Nepâl and Tibet most closely related to them--by those of Nepâl on the east, and those of Tibet on the north. For neither of these areas are there any very minute _data_. For the aborigines of _eastern_ and _central_ Nepâl, we have plenty of information. They are tribes speaking monosyllabic languages, and tribes in different degrees of intercourse with the Hindús; being by name--1. The Magars. 2. The Gurungs. 3. The Jariyas. 4. The Newars. 5. The Murmis. 6. The Kirata. 7. The Limbu; and 8. The Lepchas, common to the eastern boundary of Nepâl, to the western part of Butan, and to Sikkim. This, however, will not bring us far west enough for the Kumaon frontier; indeed, for the forests of Nepâl _west_ of the Great Valley, we have the notice of one family only--the Chepang. For this, as for so much more, we are indebted to Mr. Hodgson. It falls into three tribes; the Chepang proper, the Kusunda, and the Haju. Its language (known to us by a vocabulary) is monosyllabic; its physical conformation, that of the unmodified Indian. So much for analogy. In the way of direct information we simply know that the Pariahs, or outcasts, of Kumaon[33] are called _Doms_. These have darker skins and curlier hair than the Hindús. Are these enslaved and partially amalgamated aborigines? Probably. Nay more; in the eastern part of the province, amidst the forests at the foot of the Himalayas, a community of about twenty families, pertinaciously adheres to the customs of their ancestors, resembles the _Doms_ in looks, and is called _Rawat_ or _Raji_. Though I have seen no specimen of their language, I have little doubt as to the _Rawat_ of Kumaon being the equivalents to the Chepang of Nepâl.