But hand-spinning is now practically an extinct industry and the Katias have taken to weaving or ordinary manual labour for a subsistence.

The Kanjars and Berias are the gipsy castes of India.

They are accustomed to wander about carrying their grass-matting huts with them.

Many of them live by petty thieving and cheating.

Their women practise palmistry and retail charms for the cure of sickness and for exorcising evil spirits, and love-philtres.