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APPENDIX L—concluded.
ENGLISH NAMES.
Rheumatism
...
Constipation ...
Ringworm ...
Ticks
...
...
Bronchitis
...
Debility ...
Vernacular names.
2
Bedna, bath ... ... ...
Sukh bagha, topa khar ... ...
Jadu
...
...
...
Rekunia poka ... ...
Thoka budla kash ... ...
Shudika ... ... ...
Laga ... ... ...
Native methods of treatment.
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(1) Fomentation with hot nim leaf infusion.
(1) Jhal (cobweb), karia nimak, chillies, and molasses
internally; (2) hair of goat burnt and the nose
Mustard seed paste.
Ditto oil applied over the body.
(1) Bounchta plant and chillies, paddy, and an onion
poured into the nostril; (2) black pepper and
mustard oil; (3) bamboo leaves, kalkadam are given
with hooka water.
Draughts of pumpkin, turmeric, and khabasha fish.
(1) Branded with hot irons; (2) small frogs, jute leaves,
and turmeric internally.
APPENDIX M.
Detailed list showing the Principal Annual Fairs held in Bengal.
DISTRICT.
1
|
Dinajpur
...
Bhagalpur ...
Jalpaiguri ...
Bogra
...
Purnea
...
Saran
...
Palamau
...
Hazaribagh
...
Singhbhum
Muzaffarpur
...
Rangpar ...
Shahalad ...
Darjeeling ...
Name and police-station of
the fair.
2
1. Nekmurd Fair in Rani
Sonkal police-station.
2. Alowa Khowa at Balia,
in the jurisdiction of
outpost Atwari.
3. Dhaldighi, held on the
bank of a big tank of
that name at Gunga-
rampur.
1. Sapahar in Parsha ...
5. Dhemdhamia in Birganj
0. Banchaganj in Pirganj
7. Pati Ram ... ...
8. Chintaman at Jelalpur,
in thana Chintaman.
9. Bhaduria in Nawabgan
10. Singheswar ...
11. Jalpesh ... ...
12. Muhasnan in Sibganj ...
13. Gopenathpur,
Adam-
dight thana.
14. Kagra ... ...
15. Madanpur ... ...
16. Sonepur ... ...
17. Kurid ... ...
18. Herbanj or Ghoora ...
19. Balen Nath ...
20. Chokla ... ...
21. Chattra ... ...
22. Lowalong ... ...
23. Chaibasa ... ...
24. Bhairenosthan ...
25. Koharagbat ...
26. Sitawadai
...
...
27. Bondabari ...
28. Ramdbair in Pirganj ...
29. Durwani in Nolphamari
30. Punga ... ...
31. Barobhitash ...
32. Golahbagh,
Gaiban la
subdivision.
3. Kamdin,
Gaibanda
subdivision.
34. Bavopur near Raghu-
nathpur on the East
Indian Railway.
35. Kalimpong ...
Approximate number and clas3
of animals brought in the
fair.
3
7,000 horses, 250 elephants, 50,000
cattle, 300 camels, 300 sheep,
and 5,000 butffaloes.
33,000 cattle, 9,000 buffaloes, 2,300
horses, 150 elephants, and 20
camels.
Cattle 10,000, horses 250, camels
200, and sheep 100.
1,000 cattle and a few ponies
...
40,000 cattle, 300 horses, elephants
130, and a few camels.
3,000 cattle and 50 camels ...
3,600 cattle, camels 20,
350
buffaloes, 30 dumha sheep, and
50 country ponies.
15,000 cattle, 150 ponies, fow
camels, and 1,500 buffaloes.
6,000 cattle
About 300 elephants and 200 horses
500 country and Bhutia ponies and
50 Bhutia dogs.
400 ponies and 1,200 cattle
3,200 cattle.
11,000 horses and ponies and 16,000
cattlo.
2,000 horses and ponies and 4,000
cattlo.
50,000 cattle, 4,000 horses and
ponies, 000 elephants, and 200
camels.
4,000 cattlo ... ...
7,000 cattlc and 100 ponies
4,000 cattle, 00 ponies
3,000 cattle ... ...
30 ponies ...
100 ponies and 3,550 cattle
50 ponies and 8,350 cattle
25 ponies, 400 bullocks, 100
buffaloes, end 500 sheep and goats.
3,000 cattle
4,000 „ ... ...
100,000 cattle and 500 buffaloes ...
1,200 cattle and 50 ponies ...
1,200
„
and 200 horses
50,000 „ and 200 „ ...
5, 00 „
and 100 „
2,000 „
and 25
„ ...
1,200
„
and 200 ponies ...
1,600
„
and 50 horses ...
22,000 „ 2,000 horses and ponies
and 500 buffaloes.
50 cattle, 300 mules, and 50 Bhut
ponies.
REMARKS.
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Commences about the middle of April and lasts for 15 days.
It is the anniversary of the death of fakir, Naik Murad
and is sometimes called Purer mela.
Commences about the beginning of November on the
occasion of the Rashjatra ceremony, and lasts for 15 days.
Commences about the beginning of February, and is held
in honour of a fakir who used to reside on the side of the
tank.
A fine fair, started about 10 years ago by an influential
jotedar, named Punsia Saha, and is held on the Pous
Sankranti day, and lasts about three weeks.
Commences on the Kali Puja day in October, and extends
for 15 days.
Commences end of March and lasts 15 days on the occasion
of the Ramkali ceremony.
Commences about 1st week in March, and lasts 15 days.
Ditto
end of April, and lasts 15 days.
Ditto
middle of December, and lasts a month.
Held during the Siva Ratri festival about end of February,
and lasts 12 days.
Held about the middle of February, and lasts about three
weeks.
Held in the middle of March, and lasts 12 days.
Ditto
boginning of March, and lasts 12 days.
Ditto
end of December, and lasts for eight days.
Siva Ratri (about the end of February).
Held in November and lasts 10 days.
Do. in January,
ditto.
Do. in December (Aghran Purnimashi), and lasts 15 days.
Do. in February (Maghi Purnima), and lasts eight days.
Do. during the commencement of October (Dasahara).
Beginning of December (Aghran Purnimasha).
Held at the end of December, and lasts for 14 days.
Do. either in February or March, and lasts 12 days.
Do. in November, and lasts 15 days.
Do. at the end of March, and is probably the larges
cattle fair in Bihar.
Held in middle of December, and lasts a month.
Do. from the middle of January, and lasts until the
middle of February.
Lasts from the middle of February to the middle of March.
Held about the middle of January, and lasts a month.
During January.
During April and May.
Held at the latter end of March.
Do. in February and lasts 10 days. Another fair is hold
in the same place about the middle of April.
field in the latter end of November. A largo mule
market.