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tude of the British local government is such, that 

 many oppressive acts of the natives in subordinate 

 authority placed over them, only require to be fairly re- 

 presented to insure a speedy remedy. 



APPENDIX. 



In the account of the Poorundur Ramoossies it ought 

 to have been mentioned, that the Ramoossies of the 

 small village of Korralla, on the north bank of the 

 Neera river, and east of Jejoory, possess some land in 

 that village on the Meerassy tenure ; this they obtain- 

 ed as being the descendants of one of the Patells of the 

 place, in whose family, at one period, a female of the 

 Ramoossy tribe resided. 



The Ramoossies of Jejoory are Khomneys, and the 

 Patells of that town bear the same surname. It is said 

 that the Ramoossies claim rights and dues in conse- 

 quence, which the Patells do not acknowledge. I am 

 aware that an unfriendly feeling exists between the 

 parties, for the Patells declined going security for the 

 Ramoossies, when I called on them on one occasion to 

 do so. The Patells usually go security for the watch- 

 men, unless they are persons of notoriously bad charac- 

 ter. 



The Ramoossies of Roherry, near Bhore, enjoy fifty 

 begahs of enam land near Ootrooily, (the village at 

 which Oomiah was seized). This ground was bestow- 

 ed on them as a reward for services rendered by theiu 

 many years ago to the desmook of Amboorah. One of 

 the members of the junior branch of this family, having 

 quarrelled with the representative of the elder branch, 

 the latter was assassinated, and the younger branch 

 usurped the rights of the elder ; but the widow of the 

 deceased being far advanced in a state of pvognancy, 



