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receive their name from quitting- their country ; and have similar oc- 

 cupations. Tlie third hHve their name from being born in the coun- 

 try formed by Farasu-Rama. The 4th or Carddi Brahmans are of the 

 Sad I class, or worshii<}>ers of the supposed female creative energy. 

 They professed hospi I ribly to receive 7'elinga- B rahmans, hiid then in 

 the festival of Nava-rattiri (or Dasra) by stratagem cut off their heads 

 in the fanes of Devi {oy Durga). They had an idea that if they did 

 this, for twelve successive fesiivals, they u'^ould acquire great wealth, 

 and power. This practice was put a stop to by Nana Sahib ; at least 

 so as to make the practice become eom})aratively unfrequent. They 

 disguise themselves ; and in Poonah, as also in some other places, pro- 

 fessing great hospitality, they mingle poison with the food of their 

 guests ; and thus offer them as a sacrifice to Devi. The 5th class de- 

 rive their name from a legend connected with ParaswRama; they are 

 worshippers of the Sacli. They marry females from the other four 

 classes ; but do not give their children in marriage to those classes. 



Remark.— This paper being badly written in pale ink, and on paper 

 torn in several places, it was restored. It is a singular and remarkable 

 document, especially with reference to the Carddi class, whose prac- 

 tices appear to have been, and still to be, characterised by the deepest 

 atrocity. 



Section 3. Account of the battle of Panniput by Eagonauth Row 

 JTadaim. 



This is an account of that remarkable battle ; and, with other parti- 

 culars, contains a detail of persons killed in the engagement. It is in 

 a good state of preservation; and by consequence has not been re- 

 copied. 



Section 4. Account of Raghoji-Bhosala, the ruler of Nagpore. 



Mention is made of the ancestry of the chief in question, from the 

 time of Sivaji, and his brethren. Raghoji-Bhosala was sent by the 

 Nizam to the south ; where he captured Arcot, and subsequently re- 

 turned to Nagpore. Some further details are given of his warfare with 

 another chief named Makoji, and there is the promise of sending a 

 further account. 



Note.— This document is in good preservation] and, relating to 



