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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts. 



learned men. The document adds an item of evidence in proof, that the 

 Brahmans were OY\gm.d\\j fore'Tgners in the peninsula. 



The entire contents of the M. S. book No. 7, have now been attended to ; 

 with I believe sufficient particularity. They are of medium consequence. 



Manuscript book, No. 11. — Countermark 904. 



This book afforded but small hope of being able to restore any portion 

 of its contents. The three first sections were found to be utterly irreco- 

 verable. The English section headings at the commencement are the 

 following. 



Section 1. Account of the fane of «/awaro?«wa S2;am ? dX Varhara Cshe- 

 tram, in Travancore. 



Section 2. Account of the celebrated fanes at Colatupalli ; situated 

 on the chain of hills in Travancore. 



Section 3. Account of the fane of Vera-nangavu sassa, at Parungalam 

 in Travancore. 



So far termites, and other insects, have so effectually perforated the 

 country paper that no one sentence can be made out complete. The 

 patient industry of a copyist has been a little more successful, in apart 

 of the following contents. 



Section 4. Account of the hill Velamar cdMedi Arasanmar, and^a?ze- 

 yalar of Ulla-mali, and other mountain-borders of the Travancore countr3% 



This account was collected by Nitala-narayana in 1817. The ranges 

 of hills, inhabited by these people, are described as extensive. The 

 Neyar are fishermen ; are said to be of Agastyah tribe, or race ; and paid 

 homage to an image, by offerings of Ne, or butter-oil ; hence the name 

 Neyar. Many neighbouring places have not been explored, through the 

 thickets and fastnesses. The Mali-Velamar build houses ; cultivate 

 fields for three years; then cut down more forest, and cultivate the 



