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Dandacardnya of Hindu traditions or poems. The whole of the book, 

 has been examined with attention ; but the specification of dates, and 

 the names of a few rulers within S. S. 1300—1500, would not be of great 

 interest, as those names are otherwise known. 



Remark. — A part of the leaves are loose from the binding; but, for 

 the rest, the book is in good preservation. Vide Des. Catal. vol. 2, 

 p. lxi,, Art. 25. 



Manuscript Book, No. 26, C. M. 824- 



In this book are notices of twelve small villages of the Siddhavattam 

 district, of similar character with preceding details ; and by consequence, 

 so unimportant, as not to require any very special notice. 



Remark. — The writing is extremely good; but the binding has suf- 

 fered injury, and the paper also, to some small extent. The names of 

 the villages are entered in Des. Catal. vol. 2, p. lxii., Art. 26. 



Manuscript Book, No. 28, O. M. 825. 



This book which is a thin and small quarto, is occupied with accounts 

 of water-reservoirs and of four fanes in the Cadari district. It is in 

 very tolerable preservation. Vide Des. Catal. vol. 2, p. lxii., Art. 28. 



Manuscript Book. No. 38, C. M. 834. 



Unimportant notices of six villages occur in this book; and at the end 

 is an imperfect document, without beginning, relating to a small zemin- 

 dary. In the middle there is a page or two of defaced Mahratti writing. 

 The book generally is in pretty good preservation. An index to the 

 contents maybe seen in Des. Catal. volume 2, p. lxxii., Art. 37. 



General Note. — The Mackenzie Collection contains a very large 

 proportion of books labelled " Ceded Districts ;" but, for reasons 

 briefly indicated in a note to No. 15, it was not deemed advisable to 

 waste valuable time in dealing with them all minutely. By a sufficient 

 measure of attention paid to them, it was found that nothing could be 

 gleaned, of so much importance as to compensate a passing by other 

 documents. The larger portion of these books labelled "Ceded Dis- 

 tricts," was passed by without analysis. A limited time, of eighteen 

 months was not sufficient for the due examination of the whole collec- 

 tion. Two years were given to it; and for six months gratuitously. 

 The details of the books in question are statistical ; and applicable to 

 "-{.he time when the statements were furnished by Colonel Mackenzie's iti- 

 nerant agents, In most cases possibly there have been subsequent altera- 

 tion. 



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