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ing to the coherence of the narrative. There is no need of restoring 

 the document, as the same legend occurs in other manuscripts. 



Section 2. Account of the tirt'Iias, or sacred pools, at Trinoinali. 



A reference to the introductory portion of the Trinomali SVhala 

 puranam, delivered by Brahma to Sanaca ; by him to Vyasa ; by 

 Vyasa to Suta ; and by him to the risMs in the Naimisara wilder- 

 ness ; and then an account of the tirfhas, in the usual puerile, and 

 extravagant s-tyle, needless here to be abstracted ; as the substance 

 will appear in the notice of the Purana itself ; in which Purana it 

 forms the 7th sarga. For the same reason, the re-copying of this 

 section is not necessary. 



Section 3. Legend of the Pulacadlyan, an asura. 



This also relates to the same fane ; being taken from its local le- 

 gend. An asura (that is I presume, a harharian) entered the fane, and 

 obtained the favour of Siva. The story of a civet-cat is mixed with the 

 other matter. 



Section 4. Account of Daivica-raja who ruled in Tirucovalitr. 



This is an incomplete section. What there is relates to the visit of 

 Avvayar (the poetess) to a paria village and the intended marriage of a 

 Hindu chief, to an outcast woman. The writer seems to have contem- 

 plated an ornate production, in prose and verse ; but after writing twa 

 venpas, his poetical inspiration appears to have ceased. 



Section 5. Tale of Ponnai-vanan of Tirucovalur. 



This section has the appearance of being an incomplete fiction, by the 

 author of the preceding one. A school boy was frightened by a goblin 

 residing in a tree, that always called after the youth as he went to school ; 

 without presenting any visible appearance. The elder brother of the 

 young man recommended speaking with the sprite : accompanying him to 



