14 



Repnrt on (he Mackenzie Manuscripts, 



its rulers, with a notice of the village accountants, and limits of certain 

 dis'ricts in the Telugu country. 



The book however is now so seriously injured, that it may be said 

 if not to be destroyed by insects, yet to be so damaged as to leave no legibl^ 

 meaning. As such the book is of necessity passed by as irrecoverable. 

 There is I think an account of Kondavir, in another paper belonging 

 to the collection. 



The book is entered in Des. Catal. vol. ii. p. 3, art. iv. simply 

 copying the English table of contents. j 



Manuscript book. No. 9. — Countermark 699. 



This book, like the last one is ir recover aide ; being, if possible, in a 

 worse condition. The first section referring to the Comti, or Banian^ 

 class of people at Pemiaconda, might have been prevailingly recovered, 

 had there not been two leaves at the beginning wanting, rendering the 

 remainder destitute of value. The second section is most to be regret- 

 ted as, according to the Des. Catalogue, it contained accounts* of 

 the Kondavajidlu, Knya vandlu, and another wild tribe, residing on the 

 mountains, and in the woods, of the Rajalimahendrl district. The 

 remaining four sections would have been of less consequence. From 

 the book itself, quite irrecoverable, nothing can be made out. AU 

 that can be done is to refer to the Des. Catalogue, vol. 2, p. 5, art. ix. 



Manuscript book. No. 25. — Countermark 281. 

 This book contains the remnant oi two sections. 



1. " Se^ha-dherma-ratna-carum, or rules supplementary to the 

 Mah'lharaia.''' 



This title, in the English table of contents prefixed, is erroneous. 



2. Rangha rao ckaritra, or account of a sanguinary battle between 

 Ran-jha r:ic, a zemindar of the Velmavar family of Bohili in the 

 Ca'hi^ja Ciriar, with the chief of Pusa-pafi named Vi':aya-rama raz^ 

 and Monsr. Bussy, a French general under iVka//2 all Khan of Hyder^ 

 abad. 



* Perhaps the loss is remedied by similar notices in a following book. 



