84 Sixth Report on Mackenzie Manuscripts, [No, 80. 



throw additional light on the troubled internal state of parts 

 of India ; where any one, who could succeed in placing himself 

 at the head of a band of robbers, soon became a chieftain, and 

 a terror to all around. It is a preparatory period of mercy to 

 India to be formed into one grand empire ; wherein such de- 

 predators dare not, and cannot, appear. Whatever may re- 

 main to be remedied, the blessings of internal peace, and re- 

 gular government, ought not to be lightly estimated. It is a 

 means towards an end, of still higher consequence * 



Manuscript Book. Ko. 37. C. M. 530, 



Bhuvana cosa } a system of Hindu geography. 



An account of the Pauranic system of the world ; inter- 

 mingled with notices of individuals, also recorded in the 

 Puranas. The book is not complete ; but it is, on the whole, 

 in tolerably good preservation.f 



Suca-saptati, or tales of a Parrot. 



This book requires no other notice, than simply the mention, 

 that its condition is not good. It is complete. The writing 

 is legible, and will long 'continue so ; but the paper has been 

 heretofore repaired. It does not require further attention.^ 



Manuscript Book. No. 8. C. M. 874. 

 Section. 1. Account of Jamalabad'vn Mysore, 



In the Kreta yuga, the hill was known ; and Brahma 

 gave some gifts to Somacasura and Dhmucasura, on their 

 performing penance there. Being asuras they took away the 

 Vedas, and hid them in the sea. Hence the Matsya avatara. 

 Reference to Parasu Rama, in the Treta yuga, when the hill 



* Note.— The condition of the book is not very good, but itiwill last, and remain legible 

 for many years to come ; the abstract given is rather lull ; audit doG3 not seem, for the 

 present, to claim restoration. 



t It is entered in Des. : Catal : Vol. 2. p. 35. Art. 42. 



*An entry occurs in Des : Catal : Vol. 2. p. 59. Art. 13. 



