1839] 



JReport on the Machenzie Manuscripts. 



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The former section is entered as a paper MS. in Des. Catal. vol. 1, 

 p. 270, art. xii under the same title with the SeshaD' hernia (before 

 noticed) but is described as an introductory fragment, giving only the 

 genealogy of Timma raja, zemindar of Peddapur. From an examination 

 of the remains it appears to be a eulogy of Vencafa Crishna Raja 

 composed by Timma raz. A genealogy is connected with the panegy- 

 ric. V encata is merely an epithet, and it seems to me that the poem 

 relates to the famous Crishna Ba?/rr, Indeed I can have no doubt of it, 

 inasmuch, as Timma raz w^as one of the eight celebrated poets of 

 Crishna Rayer''s court. 



The other section is entered in the Des. Catal. vol. I, p. 315, art. xxi, 

 with some brief indication of its contents, and a reference to Orme's 

 History, vol. 2, part 1 , p. 254. 



The contents of the book are now irrecovera'he : they were written 

 on thin country paper, in which large lacunes, in various parts of each 

 page, are completely eaten through by termites, or other insects, and the 

 leaves are in some places so glued together, in the manner common with 

 these insects, that they cannot be separated without tearing : the loss is 

 apparently not of grave consequence. From an examination of the 2d 

 section it appears that the notice in the Des. Catalogue is sufficiently 

 accurate. There is I understand a very long poem on the subject. 



Manuscript book, No. 67-— Countermark 864. 



This book contains three reports, or journals, of Rama dasa, in his 

 journeys through the Ceded Districts, in search of the antique and curi- 

 ous, from June to December 1809, from January to September 1810, 

 and from October 1810, to May 1812. The paper is only a little in- 

 jured; the ink good; and, as it is, the book will last many years, with 

 only common care. 



I do not make such journals the subject of abstract, or special ob- 

 servation. 



Manuscript book, No. lO.—Countermark 700. 



Section 1. Account of Fira Crishna deva the Gajapaii prince of 

 Bdrdbatti, or Cattacapuri, in the Udiija country. 



