The Urdons sometimes say that the exodus of the Hos was caused by their invasion, but I cannot believe that the Hos could ever have given way to so inferior a race ; and the tradition usually received is, that the Urdons made friends with the Mundas, and were allowed to occupy peaceably the north-western comer of the plateau, where the latter apparently have never taken root The Hos are the only branch of the Kols that have preserved a national appellation.