Village fights are alto a feature of these parts. Not having any amusements like football and cricket 1 which to work off their energy, the people seem to take to Aghting over the most trivial matters. One gat which cost several lives arose through, aman digging a loa of earth from 'a field. When a ceu.l has begun between two villages, the intervening fields are soon a No-Ktan's land; it impossible to till them, because anyone on either side ould be shot at. At night the villagers try to raid each other's territory, or from their respective forts they try pot shots in the dark. Should a bullet find sts billet, there is great rejoicing on the side which has made a hit. When the people tire of fighting a middleman is called in to settle the affair.
Those killed on each side cancel fut, so to speak; that is if Dragon's Bridge has lost seven men and Standing Stone has lost dive, then Standing Stone owes Dragon's Bridge for two men, The cost of a man has gone. up in recent years. It used to be. about $20, but now it is $100, that is for a countryman. In the city a man valued at $1,000, though whether city man is worth ten times as much as a countryman is a point which. could be argued.
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