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acquired power, threw down the said fane ; and construct- 

 ed a mosque from its materials. It was afterwards under 

 Hyder Ali, and shared in the general results ; needless to be 

 particularized. 



Another account of Sule Keravu. 



The legend goes back to the time of Vicramaditya, in 

 whose time a cow was observed to go to an ant-hill, to be 

 eased of milk ; which action arresting attention, the ant-hill 

 was dug up, and " a self-formed emblem of Siva" was 

 found, over which a shrine was constructed. An amman, or 

 goddess, was wanting, and the King gave his own daughter. 

 Siva came personally in human form, and was married to 

 her. On mounting the car it moved of itself ; and went as 

 far as Rama-giri where it stopped. In the morning the 

 newly married pair were found to be transformed to stone 

 images ; and the garments of the bride were lying on the 

 earth : upon taking which up, and shaking them, gold coins 

 fell to the ground in abundance ; with which the goddess 

 commanded a Mandapa, and water-reservoir, to be formed. 

 In digging the reservoir an inundation occurred, which 

 swallowed up a village ; the inhabitants barely escaping with 

 their lives ; and the lake became one of wide extents 



[Remark. — Such is the Legend, intended seemingly to 

 account for the lake, which the word keravu denotes : the 

 term Sule, being a distinctive prefix. This paper only occu- 

 pies two pages, in small hand- writing ; and may pass current 

 for all that it is worth. 



Account of the district of Pdritr ; (not sectionized in the 

 table of contents.) 



Of old it was a forest. One named Casya-rayen cleared 

 the land ; built a town, and small fortress ; established a 

 police, and ruled there. His son was Yellapa-nayaJc ; whose 

 son was Immadi rangahapa-nayak. His son was Vencatapa- 



