so Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts. [Jan. 



quence. It is very legible ; and the paper but slightly injured. Hence 

 it is passed by, without any further attention. 



Section 2. Account of Chandradrona hill, or Vayvu-parvatam^ in 

 Bidanur. 



During the residence of Eama and Sita, in the wilderness, Hanuman 

 went as far as Nasica (Nassuck), to see them. After the abduction of 

 Sita, the said Hanuman sought every where through the south, in the 

 caves, and hills, in order to find her. Among other places he came to 

 this hill; and gave it a name. During the war, when /TawMman carried 

 a mountain through the air he let fall a portion of it here, which hence 

 became named Chandra-drona, after its original name, in its former site. 

 The sound as if of singing is heard within it. It was waste during the 

 Dwapara-yugan. At a latter period it became a Jangama fane. There is 

 some similar legendary matter, about Crishna and Arjuna. 



Another account of the same hill. 



The same tale of the falling of a portion of the mountain carried by 

 Hanuman. 



Notp:. — The damaged state of this paper would have indicated its res- 

 toration, if worth it, which seems not to be the case. As a passing re- 

 mark, the great influence exercised by the Ramayana and Mahabharata, 

 .may be noted, and must frequently have been observed in foregoing por- 

 tions of these abstracts. The wildest inventions, when grounded on in- 

 cidents mentioned in those poems, seem, every where in the south, to be 

 received with implicit credulity. No doubt this hill, termed Vayavu-par- 

 vatam or " the hill of wind", must have something remarkable about it. 

 I regret the want of local knowledge concerning it, on grounds quite 

 different from this legendary fable. 



{Section 3. to 6, in the Canarese language; omitted under the head 

 of Mahratta writings). 



Section 7- Account of Shahuni or Hossein-pur. 



The original and legendary formation of the place is ascribed to Sha- 

 huni, a woman of the Caura tribe, who provided curds for the five Paw 

 davas. At a much later period a chief, mimtd. Vira-hhadra-nctyak, cn^ 

 down tlie wood, cleared the ground, and established a colony, building a 



