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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts. 



"[July 



Addendum.— 'lr\^eY{e^ in MS. bocl?, No. 5, there is a neatly written 

 paper in the Arabic language, the contents of which relate to the 

 number of Mahomedan mosques, in the Malayalam country; with a 

 specification of the persons in charge, the income, and similar matters. 

 This paper mny remain just as it is ; the ink being imperishable, and 

 the paper uninjured. 



Immediately following, and at the close of the book, are three 

 sketches of ^awc?«f/iz*Z shrines, and one of a sacred tree of ihe Baud- 

 dhaSf which I readily recognize as a distant prototype of Wilford's 

 crosses, in the Asiatic Researched! ; guaranteed by which, his imagina- 

 tion identified the Bauddhists v/ith Christians. All the imagination, 

 even of Wilford himself, must have been required to accomplish any 

 such identification. 



D:— MAHRATTA. 



Manuscript book, No, 19. —Countermark 931, 



Section 1. kcco\mi Siva ji-raja 31 ahr at t a ])i''mce. 



This is a panegyrical poem, in praise of Sivaji; containing of course 

 much of hyperbole and flatter)', I have had a copy of it made, 

 merely as a record ; as it may be worth consulting, should any one 

 take the trouble to write a biographical account of that successful 

 chieftain. There is also a duplicate copy in the book. 



Section 2. Account of the five tribes of Mahratta Brahmaiis, 



This paper contains a specification of the Pancha-dravida, being 

 according to this authority, Maharashdra, Camafa, Telingana, Tamils 

 Gujerat. The names of the five tribes of Mahratta Brahnians, are, 

 1 Mahrastira, 2 DeshasiOf 3 Conganasta, 4 Carddi, 5 Chitlapavan. An 

 account is given of their occupations. The first class, are sepoys, 

 troopers, schoolmasters, doctors, mendicants. The second are said to 



