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IRULA MEN.—IRULA WOMEN. of the wild tribes. They and their chiefs find frequent mention in the Mackenzie MSS. In Madara, according to the traditions of a Poligar family, they were able to ravage this country to the gates of the capital in the course of the last century. One of the Mackenzie MSS., however, describes the Irulas as a distinct and more peaceable tribe. At all events there is no reason to suppose that they were ever any thing but a jungle race, and it is needless to say they have no traditions of their own.