183S.] 



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circumstance, will be no effective argument against a more mature, and 

 as I think, a better conclusion. 



Prof. Wilson's notice of this manuscript may be seen Des. Catal. 

 Tol. i. pp. 184 and 185. 



2.— Tiruvili7jadal-Purana, No. 34.— Countermark 84. 



This is a copy of the Madura ^S77m/ft Furana'm Tamil verse, com- 

 plete, and in very good order. As noted in the next article, it wants 

 some of the marks usually borne by MSS. of this collection. 



Z.^Tiruviliyadal- Parana, No. 35.— Countermark 24. 



This is a copy of the same work, in prose ; and on examination was 

 found to be incomplete, though otherwise in good order. It wants 

 part of the 30th section, and the whole of the three following sections. 

 This last manuscript retains the usual marks of having passed through 

 Prof. Wilson's hands, and is briefly catalogued, vol. i. p. 173, No. xxvii, 

 under the title of Perawoliyar Purana. The preceding copy wants 

 that attestation, and is not mentioned in the catalogue ; giving occa- 

 sion to some doubt whether it may not subsequently have been sub- 

 stituted in the collection for some other work. 



Observation. — Since the Madura SHiala Purana (from a copy of 

 my own obtained direct from Madura, several years ago), was ab- 

 stracted by me, and the abstract published in the 1st volume of Orien- 

 tal Historical MSS. it has not appeared to me needful to abstract the 

 same work anew in this place. In order, however, to make the last 

 copy complete the deficient portions have been restored on palm-leaves, 

 -and incorporated with the work in the proper place. 



4. — Sri-rangha Mahatmyam, or legend of Seringham near Trichinopoly. 



' This is a palm-leaf MS. of seventy leaves in good preservation, and 

 in very legible writing. It is found in the collection, without mark or 

 number, but is noted in the Descriptive Catalogue vol. 1, p. 1/4. There 

 is no need of doing any thing with it, as regards restoration. 



