Page:The People of India — a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan Vol 4.djvu/91

BAORIES. of the coarsest material, and generally of coloured cloth; and, like the men, they are meagre, and repulsive in feature, ragged, and dirty in their persons. They are believed to possess secrets for charms, and medicines; and sell herbs and roots, which they collect in the jungles. They also make up patchwork quilts with some ingenuity, from rags and old garments, for which they beg, or for which they exchange game or drugs; these quilts are used by some of the lower orders, and are said to be very durable. However poor they may be, or however miserable the place in which they live, the Baories have always a rude bedstead or "charpaee" to lie on, which can easily be carried across the back of the household ass or bullock as they wander, and forms a seat for children unable to walk, or a place for cocks and hens, which are tied on it by the legs. The Baories appear to be aware that lying on the bare ground would be impossible in all seasons of the year.