The Kacháris

«CONTENTS / SECTION I Characteristics, Physical and Moral; Origin, Distribution and Historic Summary, etc. 1 / SECTION II Social and Domestic Life 11 / SECTION III Laws and Customs 24 / SECTION IV Religion 33 / SECTION V Folk-lore, Traditions and Superstitions 54 / SECTION VI Outline Grammar, Etc. 71»
«N.B.--The Editorial Notes in this volume are from the pen of Colonel P. R. T. Gurdon, I.A., Director of Ethnology to the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam.»

民族志六节对应四段抽读,情节密度低(民族志=无主情节),但叙事链清晰:从体质—历史到社会—法律—宗教—民俗—语法七段递进,结构稳重,故 70。

«S. Endle. From a Photograph by Messrs. Bourne & Shepherd Frontispiece / Group of Meches (Goalpara District). From a Photograph by Mr. T. E. Emerson To face p. 5 / Kachári Woman Weaving (Kamrup) ,, 20 / Kachári Clothes ,, 21 / Kachári Women Fishing (Kamrup) ,, 22 / Kachári Girls Playing Jew's Harp (Gongina) ,, 30 / Siju Tree (Euphorbia splendens) ,, 36 / Kachári Village Interior (Kamrup District) ,, 56 / Kachári Girl (Kamrup District) ,, 67 / Gorge of the River Manás ,, 96 / Kachári Man (Kamrup District) ,, 105 / Group of Kachári Men (Kamrup District) ,, 113»
«But it is among the Dimásá of the North Cachar Hills and the Hojais of the Nowgong district that this minute subdivision of the clans would seem to attain its highest development. In this portion of the Bara race some eighty clans are recognised, of whom forty are known as men's clans (sengfáng) and forty as women's (zulu). All the members of these different clans eat and drink together freely, and are, or were, all strictly exogamous.»

群人物靠「官员链(Gurdon / Anderson / Endle)+ 部族链(80 系 40 男 + 40 女)+ 图版链(14 张照片)+ 隐含 Kachári 原住民」四层展开,这是殖民地民族志的典型 cast 结构,故 87。

«Female Chastity / As stated above, the standard of chastity among the Kacháris, both men and women, is by no means a low one. As a rule the young people, in the villages at least, lead pure lives before marriage... In cases where there are several unmarried girls in a family, and one of them is suspected of having broken the law of chastity, the following plan for detecting the offender is sometimes adopted. The whole family gathers in the evening around the sacred siju tree (Euphorbia splendens), which is often to be seen growing in the court-yard, surrounded by a fence of split bamboo.»
«And so in various ways the Bráhmin was put to shame by his servant. So he wrote a long letter to his brother, and putting it in his servant's hand, bade him deliver it. But he went a little way, until he met a man who could read and write, and he bade him tell him what was written in the letter.»

民俗节奏稳直(「Family gathers around siju tree... offend... masticate rice」30 行一气呵成),LATE 段故事节奏随民俗叙事加速,TAIL 段语法节奏放缓,殖民地民族志典型节奏分布,故 76。

«THE KACHÁRIS / BY THE LATE / REV. SIDNEY ENDLE / For many years Chaplain of Tezpur and in charge of the Kachári Mission of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at that place. / WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY / J. D. ANDERSON, I.C.S. (Retired)»
«In partial explanation of the terms used (their number might probably be largely added to on further inquiry), it will be observed that the first two are obviously of Hindu origin, the Kachári affix ároi (people, folk) being attached to the Sanskrit words Swarga and Vasumati respectively. Most of the designations applied to the other sub-tribes merely indicate the occupation, probably hereditary, by which the members of these sub-tribes obtained their livelihood.»

Endle 殖民地学术英文(1900s 体制内文件语)+ Gurdon 编辑注 + Anderson 引言三套文笔;方括号 [Siju Tree] / [Section II] / [1] / [10] 等编辑锚点密集;无文学修饰,直陈学术,故 85。

«Published under the orders of the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam / MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED / ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON / 1911»
«Masá-roi, / Doimá-roi, / Goibári-roi, / which seems to be practically identical with class-names Nos. 1, 3, 8 and 12, given above.»

1911 印度东北 Assam 殖民地 + Tezpur Kachári Mission + Eastern Bengal and Assam 政府委托 + 近缘部落 + Assam Valley / Garo Hills / North Cachar / Kachári Duars 地理四分 + 1910s 印度民族学政府委托背景,世界观厚度极足,故 92。

«N.B.--The Editorial Notes in this volume are from the pen of Colonel P. R. T. Gurdon, I.A., Director of Ethnology to the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam.»
«In cases where there are several unmarried girls in a family, and one of them is suspected of having broken the law of chastity, the following plan for detecting the offender is sometimes adopted. The whole family gathers in the evening around the sacred siju tree»

序言 Anderson 直陈「Kacháris 是 Assam 最原始 autochthones」立论钩;首节(目录六节)+ N.B. 编辑分工钩,把民族志内部结构先揭;钩偏学究,民俗钩弱,故 79。

«Appendix I. Tribes Companion Bodo-Barua-Meches-Rábhas-Koches-Mech-Sarania Tribes Closely Allied to Kacháris 81 / Appendix II. Specimens of the Bodo Language 97»
«IN COLOUR / Kachári Man To face p. 10 / Kachári Girl Fishing ,, 16 / Kachári Woman ,, 60 / Mech Girl ,, 82 / Map Showing Area Occupied by the Bodo Races At end of Volume»

Endle 体制内田野抢救 + Gurdon 民族学官方注 + Anderson 语言学序;七节递进 + 2 附录 + 14 张照片图版(包括 4 张彩色)=殖民地民族志体制内编纂范本,故 82。

«SECTION VI. / Outline Grammar, Etc. / The mother tongue of the Bårå race at least as spoken in this (Darrang) district undoubtedly belongs to the "Agglutinative" as distinct from the Inflexional family of languages. Here and there, perhaps, certain slight traces of inflexion may be found, but even these are doubtful and in any case very rare, indeed where they exist at all it may perhaps be assumed that they have been adopted with some obvious modifications from the speech of their Assamese and Bengali neighbours.»
«I. NOUNS. / 1. Gender. / A. Nouns denoting inanimate objects have no formal distinction of gender as Oá, a bamboo, mai rice (paddy). / B. In the case of animate objects, the gender of the noun is indicated by a separate qualifying word, placed usually after the noun, e.g. / (a) Hóa, man (male); Hingzhau, woman (female) used only of human beings. / (b) "Zalá," zo' used of birds, e.g. Dau zalal, a cock; dau zo, a hen. / 2. Number. / Plurality (there is no dual) is indicated by adding fur, frá, or far, to the singular»

末段以 Agglutinative vs Inflexional + 名词性别数格作学术式收束,把「民俗+历史」收束到「语言学考据」,留余震但不反转,符合殖民地民族志的传统收尾,故 76。