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A Supplement to the Six Reports 



[No. S3, 



Remark. — It fills the greater half of a thin folio on demy Eui'ope pa- 

 per, and remains in good preservation. I wish more at leisure to give it 

 deliberate attention. 



Section 2. JDesa-nirnayam — or geography. 



There are a few geographical boundaries stated; but the work is ra- 

 ther chronological containing the names and eras of Ballala kings and 

 Rayers. A mention of the Chola-desa^ and details of Mahomedan rulers. 

 A list of the mantris or Hindu ministers of state, under the Golconda 

 rulers, is given. A very brief mention is made, in general terms, of the 

 boundaries of the Carnataca^ Pandya^ and CJiola kingdoms ; with some 

 geographical matters following. At the close there is mention of some 

 royal donations to different fanes. 



Eemark. — The binding is a little loose; but the included matters are 

 in good preservation. 



6. Manuscript Book. No. 9, C. M. 63 and 195. 



1. ylgastya-njana7n, the wisdom of Ayastya. This is a complete copy 

 of the hundred stanzas which form this poem. It demands no further 

 notice at present : a palm leaf copy having been before adverted to. 



Section 2. Agastya $aTgam. 



This section contains a copy of fourteen stanzas from the section of the 

 Vricldhachala-puranam^ entitled as above : respecting which it may suf- 

 fice to refer to the abstract of that puranam already given. 

 Section 3. Varuna Kulatipa. 



A poem by the said person having reference entirely to Manmata and 

 Iteii. According to a native explanation in English appended to the 

 above title, it ought to contain "w?ora/s" (or lessons) " on the good con- 

 duct of the people." It is however a vapid, an inane, and incomplete 

 production. 



Section 4. Cliolot-desa-purvica charitra. 



This production contains the hypothetical opinions of Veda Nayak, a 

 servant of Colonel Mackenzie ; and states his replies to objections started 

 by the Colonel, against his system; which replies are not always satisfac- 

 tory. It was once my intention to notice this document fully, because of 

 the consequence ascribed to it by Professor Wilson. But perhaps the 

 best treatment would be translation, and printing in some one of the pe- 

 riodicals of the day. The doing so with a few brief notes, would at once 

 adjust its value; which, for my own part, I do not highly estimate. 



Hemaek. — This book is in unusually good preservation, and will long 

 last for reference, if need be. 



7. Manuscript Book. No. 14, C. M. 907. 



The two first sections in this book are in the Telugu language. 

 Section 3. Account of the different tribes of Malayalam Brahmans. 

 Section 4. List of people of different tribes in the Malayalam country. 

 These tv/o papers are connected. The first gives details concerning^ 



