[Relationship.] 9. The general scheme of relationship agrees with that of the Kols. A father is bâba, dâda; father’s brother, kâka; mother, dîdi; sister, bahin; father’s mother, âji; elder paternal uncle’s wife, barki kâki, younger paternal uncle’s wife, chhutki kâki; elder brother’s wife, bhauji; younger brother’s wife, dulhin; or bride, son’s wife, patohiya; maternal uncle, mâmu; mother’s mother, nâni; mother’s sister, mausi; mother’s father, nâna; mother’s grandfather, parnâna; wife’s father, mahto, or “leader;” wife’s father’s wife, mahtoâin; sister’s husband, âr (yâr, friend); brother-in-law’s father, mahto; younger brother of wife, bâbu. A man names his wife by his son—Lallu ki mahtâri—“Lallu’s mother.” A father is sometimes addressed as bhaiyya or “brother.” They remember genealogies only to three generations, and in the case of females only as far as the grandmother. They call clansmen living in the same village ganwân bhâi. [Birth ceremonies.] 10. The Cheros mark their approach to Hinduism by having puberty ceremonies which are not usual among the allied Dravidian races. On each occasion they sacrifice to Durga Devi and the collective village gods (deohâr). Cocks, hens, pigs, goats, and liquor constitute the offering which is made by the village Baiga, who first bathes and then before the platform of the deity makes a cowdung fire, into which he pours a mixture of sugar, butter, sesamum and rice, and says,—Dih bâba hamâr kâraj toharê kirpa se ho gail; se jânab; ham manaulê rahlê, so leh—“Village Lord! Our business has been completed through thy favour! Know this! Accept the offering we owed.” After this he sacrifices the victim, which the brethren divide, the head being the Baiga’s perquisite. The worship is supposed to keep evil spirits from the mother and her expected baby. The other birth ceremonies are the same as among the Kols. [Betrothal.] 11. The binding part of the betrothal ceremony is the payment of the bride-price, five rupees. If the father of the girl annul the engagement he is forced to return the bride-price, and is severely dealt with by the tribal council besides. [Marriage.] 12. There are three varieties of marriage,—Charhauwa, which is the respectable form; dola, which is used by poor people and in which the ceremonies are done at the house of the bridegroom, and sagâi, for widows. The ritual is the same as among the Kols, but the Cheros make more use than they do of Brâhmans in fixing the lucky time, and even now in respectable families Brâhmans attend, but do not carry out the service. Such people are clearly in rapid progress towards complete Hinduism. [Death.] 12. Similarly in the case of funeral ceremonies they are beginning to employ Brâhmans and to do the regular srâddha, while they still retain some of the non-Aryan practices noticed in the case of the allied Dravidian races.