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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts^ 



[July 



were appointed by authorit}^ accounted divine, to be astrological 

 guides to the Sudra class. In the English heading of the section, in 

 the original book, the section is said to contain " explanations of 

 astronomical tables but nothing answering to such an index appears. 



There follows copy of a letter, or order, from Thomas Warden, Esq. 

 directing all, w hom it might concern, to give assistance and information 

 to Nil ala-ISJ array ana, the gomasteh of Colonel Mackenzie, concerning 

 the antiquities of the country. The difi'erent kinds of documents, 

 books, inscriptions, and ; the like, are specified ; by way of explaining 

 the kind of matters regarded as desiderata. 



Sectio7i 4. Account of Alaven Cadari of Calicut. 



This person received his fief, and authority, from \x\q Samudri-r ajof 

 (title of the Calicut raja, by the Portuguese spelt Zamorin). There is 

 nothing in ihe paper, except a mention of revenue-proceeds, from rice 

 cultivation. 



Section 5. Account received from one named Coya Vetil Coya, an 

 inhabitant of Calicut. 



According to this person's statement, the ancestors of his tribe came 

 with some banners, or distinctions, by way of the sea, in a ship or 

 bark, from 0\\mB.-Kribala ; and, in consequence of rendering essential 

 services to the Samudri-raja of Calicut, the class received from him 

 distinguishing immunities and banners. 



There is nothing further of any importance. I find, on enquiry, that 

 the class of people referred to are most probably Chinese j as my in- 

 formant says they are the same kind of people with the Chinese at 

 Madras; except that the former do not wear the long queues, which 

 the Chinese regard as tokens oi honour. By consequence the people 

 in question may be Malays, or other persons, from the eastern islands. 



Section 6. Notice from the chief of a tribe of Mahomedans, his 

 name being Condavetti Takiyakal-tangal. 



The writer says his ancestor came from (Pan well), on the 



coast opposite to Bombay. The people of Malayalam received him as 



