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ment of the Honorable Company, the aforesaid tribute of 1000 chac- 

 rams was paid during- the collectorships of Messrs. McLeod, Rankin, 

 andWYNCH. In the time of Mr. Hurdis the same. "In the Nala 

 year I paid 700, and being unable to pay the other 300 my district 

 was assumed; and Mr. Hurdis protected me, by giving me an allow- 

 ance of sixty rupees monthly." The lands were surveyed by measure- 

 ment ; and it would appear as if a committee investigated the subject in 

 the time of Mr. Parish, adjusting the tribute at the rate of 561 chac- 

 rams. The account is written by the grandson of the beforementioned 

 Palljyapa Nayakkr, bearing the same name. He dates his acces- 

 sion in Fusly 1221 ; with the mention of which date the writing con- 

 cludes. 



Section 5. — Account of the zemindars of Succampatti, in the Dindi- 

 gul province. 



(Copied from a palm-leaf manuscript.) 

 The same origin from the north, the founder of the race served with 

 Visvanatha Nayak against the Muhammadans, and was sent down 

 to the Pandiyan country. One of the chiefs fell in the struggle 

 against an illegitimate son of the Pandiyan. On this war there are 

 some things in the document worth consulting. The war against the 

 Sethupalhi, and against Tanjore are also noticed. For the rest the 

 minute details much resemble the preceding. 



Section 6. — Account of the zemindar of Ammaiya Nayak palliyam, in 

 Dindigul district. 

 This account is copied, it is stated, from records writen on copper, 

 and carefully preserved by the family. It indicates a like origin with the 

 other preceding chiefs from the north, and has much minuteness of de- 

 tail concerning the different chiefs, and some notice of the discovery of 

 an image, and founding of a fane, whence the chief derived his title. For 

 the rest the account does not contain the mention of new or command- 

 ing events. 



Section 7. — Account of the race of Copaiya Nayak, zemindar in 

 the Dindigul district. 

 The origin from the north ; they were sent to the south to assist in 

 collecting the rayer's tribute, they were established in the town named 

 after Copaiya Nayak, by Visvanatha Nayaker, and had charge of 

 one of the bastions of the Madura fort. Like the preceding they came 

 under the Mysore government, after the Mysore conquest of Dindigul 

 province. There is however nothing special added to the details of 

 leading events before given. 



