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" The distribution of the various sandal Kothis and their 



names are : 



District, 



Names. 



Mysore •.. 

 Bangalore 

 Shimoga 



Hassan 

 Kadur 



2 



1 



4 



1 

 1 



Hunsur and Seringapatatn 



Bangalore. 



Sluraoga, 



Tirthahalli, 

 Anatitapur, and 



rrk 



Shikarpur. 



Hassan. 



Chikmagalur. 



'* On arrival at the Kothis, the trunks are sawn off above the 

 roots, cut into lengths, all the white wood removed, the billets 

 adzed and subsequently planed and smoothed, the roots adzed 

 and freed of all adhering bark, mud, and white wood, and the 

 various products— billels, chips, small pieces, hollow wood, saw 

 powder, &c.— collected and classified according to the classes 

 represented by the specimens forming the sandal trophy. 

 About the months of iN^ovember and December auction-sales oi 

 the various classes are held in all the Kothis of the Province, 

 and are so arranged, as regards the dates fixed for holding the 

 same, that purchasers may, if they choose, attend the sales m 

 Shimoga, Kadur and Hassan, and yet be in time for those m 

 Mysore and in Bangalore, 



