The government is patriarchal, each man being, by virtue of paternity, chief of his own children.

They build their huts around his, and the greater the number of children, the more his importance increases.

Hence children are esteemed one of the greatest blessings, and are always treated kindly.

Near the centre of each circle of huts there is a spot called a "kotla", with a fireplace; here they work, eat, or sit and gossip over the news of the day.

A poor man attaches himself to the kotla of a rich one, and is considered a child of the latter.