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proceeded to the falls of the western branch, from the precipice over- 
hanging which he leaped into the ‘ roaring whirlpool” beneath. This 
fall has hence received the name of Ganganachuki, or the leap of Gan- 
GARAYEN, and the most perpendicular part of it is called, “* The Mare’s-tail.” 
This prince is said to have reigned about sixty years; and after his death, 
his younger brother, named Nonacni Ganearayen, succeeded him. He 
governed the country in the greatest tranquillity, supporting and encourag- 
ing, as his brother did, every devotional ceremony and charitable institution. 
After a short time, however, finding the possessions of his hereditary 
kingdom too small, he seized some districts belonging to the Poligars, viz. 
Palliam, Singanellore, Bundahully, Hajipuram, Colligal, Muduganda, Jira- 
ganellore, and Gundagalem. He had a son Gancariyen, and a daughter 
named Minatcuam’a, who was given in marriage to AcHYUTARAYEN, a petty 
Rijé of a Driig called Kelemalay, near the Mudhalli Hills. Nonacui 
GanGarRAYEN reigned peaceably for the space of about forty years; and 
after his death, his throne was left to his son, who after a peaceable 
government of about thirty years, was dethroned by his brother-in-law 
AcuyuTarAyen. The cause of AcHyUTARAYEN’s enmity against his brother- 
in-law, GANGARAYEN, was as follows. 
It was a habit of MinArcuam’a, AcuyYUTARAYEN’s wife, the sister of 
GancarAyYEN, to boast, in the presence of her husband, of her father’s 
possessions ; and among other things, she would talk in yaunting terms of 
the brass gates of her father’s fort at Sivasamudram. One night in par- 
ticular, as she was in bed with AcnyuTaRrAyEN her husband, she said to 
him, that she heard the sound of the brass gates of her father’s fort closing. 
AcHYUTARAYEN, provoked at her remarks, the next morning besieged the 
town with all his troops. GaNnGarAyEN, apprehensive of a severe attack, 
and finding the bridges now unsafe, had them both broken down, by which 
means he was enabled to hold the island against the enemy for twelve long 
years ; at the end of which time, they finding it still impregnable, bought 
over GanGarAyeEn’s confidential secretary, and through his treachery, 
ACHYUTARAYEN was enabled to enter the island with all his troops through 
a secret pass. GANGARAYEN, on discovering this treason and its fatal effects, 
collected the whole of his family and relations together into the castle, and 
entering himself last, sprung a mine which had been prepared, and with all 
his family was buried in the ruins. When AcnyuTarAyeEn entered the city, 
and witnessed the dreadful scene of havoc in the palace, of which he had 
