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jCotta chief, or to his posterity, and so on alternately. The Ctirumba 

 chief obtained the power. The aforesaid Jada-dhari had a daughter 

 who married the Cotta chief or his descendant and transferred her 

 hereditary possession with herself. Subsequently the Cotta and 

 Curumba chiefs were at war with each other ; a state of things which 

 was put an end to by the country coming under the rule of the East 

 India Company. 



The foregoing account is attested by the signature of fourteen indi- 

 widuals, as being that which they had received from their forefathers 

 by tradition. 



Remark. — This document to say the least is curious. The Vedar 

 jEthief, the Hindu raja, and the Curumba chief, seem to have been of dis- 

 *tinct races of people. The Co/^a chief is understood to have been a 

 Hindu. The abstract above given is rather full ; but the original do- 

 cument being copied and embodied in the 2d Vol. of Restored Manu- 

 scripts, can at any time be consulted for the purpose of full translation 

 if considered to be desirable. 



Section 12. Account of the tribe of Tiyare-jati, in the Malayala 

 country. 



A legendary account of the origin of the tribe from seven females, 

 descended from the world of the gods ; by whom Siva, assuming the 

 jform of Agnesvara, had seven sons. These seven sons were fixed, by 

 Parasu Rama, in the land as heads of tribes. The names of the tribes 

 are given. Their occupation is to procure the sap of the palm-tree, 

 and deal in the fermented or distilled liquor. One of the tribes descend- 

 ed from one of the seven named Camalan, having received an insult from 

 a Sudra man, emigrated with his clan to the Irza country ; whence Che' 

 ruman Perumal sent to recal them, and allowed them to revenge the in- 

 sult by retaliation. They subsequently resided in the country. They 

 linow of no stone, or copper-plate, inscription among them ; but such 

 exist at Travancore. 



Section 13. Account of Parakun Miiil. 



Brief notice of the arrival and settlement of a tribe of Mahomedans 

 the neighbourhood of Calicut ; their wars with some neighbouring 



.chiefs; and the privileges and immunities which were granted to 



ithem. 



