salute in the pâêlagi form, and receive the blessing (asîs) in return. They are very hospitable and will borrow to entertain a guest. As a rule they treat women fairly well, but beat them if they misbehave themselves. They are respectful to the old. No Dharkâr was ever known to read or write. They have a very strong tribal council, and very seldom come before the courts. They work only in bamboo, not in reed (sentha). They make winnowing fans (sûp), baskets (dauri), boxes (petâra), betel boxes (bilahra), and red lead boxes (pauti). These in the villages are made always on grain wages, and it is only in towns that they are paid in cash. DISTRIBUTION OF DHARKÂRS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. ==============+=========+=========+=======+======= Districts. |Bânsphor.|Benbansi.|Others.|Total. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~ Dehra Dûn | ... | ... | 13 | 13 Sahâranpur | ... | ... | 32 | 32 Allahâbâd | 198 | 986 | 4,050 | 5,234 Benares | ... | 1,559 | 323 | 1,882 Ghâzipur | ... | ... | 1 | 1 Gorakhpur | 102 | 3,588 | 1,538 | 5,228 Basti | 213 | 4,712 | 379 | 5,304 Azamgarh | 798 | 2,505 | 431 | 3,734 Lucknow | 28 | 1 | 40 | 69 Faizâbâd | 144 | 2,274 | 278 | 2,696 Gonda | ... | 1,311 | 485 | 1,796 Bahrâich | ... | 66 | 16 | 82 Sultânpur | 285 | 1,453 | 636 | 2,374 Partâbgarh | 37 | 555 | 602 | 1,194 +~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~ Total | 1,805 | 19,010 | 8,824 |29,639 ==============+=========+=========+=======+=======