1838.] 



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chant and his wife, caused the entire body of merchants to emigrate to 

 the Madura kingdom ; in consequence whereof the Ariya-nad became 

 depopulated, and desohite. Anecdote of a Brahman who, sweeping 

 •aside a heap of ashes, found an image therein ; whereupon he called in 

 his relatives to see the wonder ; and ultimately the image became invest- 

 ed with sanctity as ^?*aw^«-isi;ar« ; a fane being built for its residence. 

 Such is the popukr story. The name of the district Arnja-nad is deriv- 

 ed from an incident said to have occurred when Rama Chandra and his 

 brother Laschmana passed through it : the connexion between incident, 

 and name, not being very clear. Some minute details, of modern date, do 

 not well admit of abstract. A few of them evince the existence of ruth- 

 less dispositions. 



The preceding traditions are stated to be derived from verbal accounts, 

 given by people resident. The document is datedat Quilon, Jan. l^th, 

 1818, and signed by Nitala-narrayana, 



General Remark. — This book is now gone through, and done with. 

 The 4th, 5th, and r2th sections have been, upon the whole, effectively 

 re-copied. The 4th and 12th sections have some interest attaching to 

 them. Being restored they can at any time be consulted. 



Manuscript book, No. 9. — (Countermark wanting). 



This book is also greatly injured; though not to an equal degree with 

 the last one. The front cover, and the index, are gone. The two first 

 sections are in pale ink, much worn away by nibbing, or handling, and 

 the paper partly torn away. These two sections can be made out to be 

 those entered in the Des. Catalogue, vol. 2, p. c. art, ix. which last No. 

 is that belonging to the book, though now not found on it. The sections 

 in the Catalogue are — 



L Legendary account of Narayana Svami m ih^ iim^ oi Tiru-panl- 

 hirai-kota, in the Cochin district. 



(From the remains it can be seen to have been very brief). 



2. List of villages of VedapalU, in the Yeda district in Travancore. 

 (This title is legible in the book, the names of villages not so : nor are 

 they of importance). 



