_Nomade_.--The last Indian mails brought me the following derivation
of the word _Nomade_, in a letter from a friend, who was, when he
wrote, leading a nomade life among the Ryots of Guzerat:--
"Camp, Kulpore, Jan. 30. 1850.
"The natives use [for their tents] a sort of woollen stuff,
about half an inch thick, called 'numbda.' * * * * * * By the
bye, this word 'numbda' is said to be the origin of the word
_nomade_, because the nomade tribes used the same material for
their tents. When I was at school, I used to learn _nomde_,
from [Greek: nemo]."
Melanion.
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