He could read over and cure all sorts of ailments and sprains, stop bleeding, melt lead, and tell of stolen goods; and to tell the truth, he knew also a little about witchcraft, and could afflict people with evil.

As a rule novelists who treat of these people have a bad habit of making them out to be hopelessly idiotic or unlikelily vicious.

The history of northern India is studded with the names of notorious outlaw dacoits who roam the hills in the name of Kali, robbing the rich, comforting the poor, and in general spreading terror and rough justice.

Rathmichael is a fine example of a univallate ringfort.