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 THAKOOR HEERA SING. (130)

EERA SING is a Rajpoot Thakoor, or nobleman of the Jadoon caste, residing at Judbunsee. His native place is Somna, in the Allyghur district. He possesses large landed property, which he manages in person. The Jadoon tribe is peculiar to Allyghur and the neighbourhood, and is not found elsewhere in any large numbers. They are Hindoos, and hold the river Ganges in great veneration. They are peaceful in habit, and live on vegetables, milk, and grain of every description, avoiding animal food and spirits; and many of then' ancestors have attained the age of eighty years and upwards. Thakoor Heera Sing is fifty-five years of age, about six feet in stature, complexion dark, with black eyes and black hair, mixed with grey.