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ployers, and the reward of neglect in doing justice, 
if not of absolute injustice. My pay is very hand- 
some for a young man; I keep a palanquin, and I 
indulge myself with a handsome horse to ride,—an 
exercise I have found of great benefit. 
The Tinnevelly country is a very delightful one ; 
the heat for some time, till the rains set in, is great 
beyond imagination. I live at a beautiful garden 
on the banks of the river, which adds to a most 
charming prospect. At forty miles distance are 
inaccessible hills, but very apparent. The rain first 
falls on these hills, which are hid under clouds for 
some days, which is a sign that the river will soon 
be full ; for the water runs down with such astonish- 
ing rapidity, that I can assure you, from my own 
frequent knowledge, that the river which in the 
morning was not a foot deep, will before noon be 
impassable by men, and so rapid that bullocks, &c., 
which in crossing, at first were only half below 
water, have before they got over been carried away 
and often drowned in the stream. This river is called 
the Tummer bunny. The wateris very sacred among 
the Bramins, and is the great source of the fertility 
of this province. You can hardly think how inter- 
ested I am in the cultivation and prosperity of this 
country. I take the greatest pleasure in seeing 
the river fill and spread itself into tanks, ponds, &c. 
which it does in two or three hours. 
Before the rains fall on these immense moun- 
tains, the weather is so hot, and the earth so dry, 
as to afford a wonderful phenomenon that I have 
often been witness to. In this season I have seen 
