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Bappajee Deo, the fourth son, has one wiff, 

 GuNGABA^EE, nov/ living, about thirtj^-five years: 

 they have two sons, i, Baaow Deo, born about 

 3 7^6. 2cl. Naxna Deo, born in 1787, both Hving 

 at Ojoor. The eldest lo^t liis wife in 1799, who had 

 born him a son in 1797, named Heehum Deo, now 

 living': lie is married again, but his living wife is 

 only eight years old. Nanna Deo has a wife 

 twelve years old — no child. 



The temple of this Bappajee Deo, at OJoo?% 

 enjoys en-aam land to the value of four thousand a 

 year, granted by the present Pcshzva, in conse- 

 (jucnce of supposed beneiits received from the holy 

 5l]an"s prayers. 



Gabajee Deo goes at least thrice a year, on 

 fixed days, to AloorisJncur, a respectable town a 

 Hqw miles beyond Jejooree. A detail of the circum- 

 stances of his journey, which seldom vary materially, 

 will tend to illustrate his character, and show the 

 degree of estimation in which he is held. 



One of the days is the 2d of Maug, answering 

 this year to the 3 1st of January. He leaves Chln- 

 cfioor pretty early, and the Pe^/m^a and court, ap- 

 prised of his approach, go forth to meet him, gene- 

 rally about halt\\ay between a hill called Giinnis- 

 kuiida, two miles off, and the city. The Deo 

 rides in his palkee, attended (I speak now of the pre- 

 sent Dr:o) by a suwarce elephant, given him by the 

 VdtQ Peaka'a, iMAi>Hoo Rao, a few, perhaps a dozen, 

 of his own domestic horsemen, and about a hundred 

 servants on foot ; as he approaches the Peslnva, his 

 palkee is put down, and he scats himself on a carpet, 

 with the sacred stone, which he never quits, in a box 

 beside him. Tllfe Pe^Jnva alights from his palkee or 

 elephant, advances toward the Deo with folded 

 hands, the posture of a suppliant, prostrates himself 

 and kisses his feet : the Deo neither rises, nor makes 

 a salaam, but with his hands raised a little, with the 

 palms downward, makes a benedictory gesticulation, 



accompanied 



