92 



Heport on (he MacJienzie Manuscripts. 



7. Aranjesvara Fenpa, No. 182 — Countermark 199, 



8, Same title, No. 184— Countermark 200. 



9, Ibid, No. 1S5— Countermark 201. 



This work contains a series of illiistrafioiis of the Cural of TiruTallu«i» 

 var. The plan made use of is to quote a sentenMons maxim from the 

 Cural; and th( n to prove iis accuracy, an example taken from * 

 other works of reputation : the illiistration is usually practical, being ^ 

 of the nature of a historical or bio^rtiphical, incid'^nt. The tendency 

 of such a plan is to engraft both moral remark, or precept, and practical 

 illustration, on the memory. If well and impartially managed such a 

 model might be followed in other languages. 



No. 1S2 wants 22 leaves at the beginning, the stanzas, with their 

 prose explanation are in regular order from the 23d stanza to the 56 ih, 

 but the remainder is wanting. The last leaf is greatly damaged ; the 

 others in good preservation. 



No. U4 contains 75 stanzas, complete from the beginning, and 

 the writing is then discontinued j evidently from the copyist not finish» 

 ing his work. The manuscript is of recent appearance ; but has been 

 a little injured by inser ts, especially at the beginning. 



No. 185 is complete from the beginning down to the 58th stanza ; 

 the rest is wanting, ovving to some leaves having been lost. It is un- 

 injured hy insects, 



Note.— Tliese copies are entered in theDes. Catal. vol. 1. p. 245. art. 

 68, according to that entery there should be two other copies. These 

 I have sought for through the collection, wittioui finding them. 



10. TirnvannamaU-lcoil-kyfeuafi account of the fane at Trinomallee, 

 No. 22!— Countermark 60. 



This brief manuscript, in the form'^r portion, is merely an epitome of 

 several sections of the Sl^ hala-puranam'. narrating the stories in a very 

 compressed form; and having especial reference to the ewmew-shrine, 

 ifihich commeiTiorates the victory of Dnrga over Maheshasura, Further 

 on, there is an accoimt of the circumstance which led to the employ- 

 ment of a low class of fishermen, who annually ascend the hill to light 

 the large column of combustible matter, prepared as a homam, or offer- 

 ing by fire. They were chosen to this office, from their great ignorance, 



