1839.] 



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Section 6. Account of ChoJa-s'mha-purom -> 



Legend of a shrine, on a hill, named Gadalcachala ; offering nothing, 



that I can perceive of consequence, 

 There is a deficiency in the book; and the correspondence of the 



papers, with the table of contents, is henceforward doubtful. 



Section 7. Account of grants. 



Corresponding with this section, as I suppose, is the mention of nine 

 village districts, said to have been made over by the Honourble 

 Company for the support of the fane, adverted to in the preceding article. 



Section 8. Account of rajas. 



There follows a list of some kings, and afterwards a list of towns ; 

 but after sect. 5 the correspondence of papers, with the index of con- 

 tents is obscure, and doubtful. With the exception of sect. 10, pro- 

 mising " an account of the war of Chengi kings with the Moguls," 

 which is not to be found in the book, I do not perceive any other loss 

 to occasion much regret. Generally speaking, however, it is a pity 

 that the collection has suffered so much injury. 



Manuscript book, No. 6— Countermark 872. 



Section I. Account of Syed-yaJcub of Muttur-Chennapalnam, in 

 Mysore. 



A reference to some Mahomedan affairs 150 years since, in the time 

 of Aurungzebe, or Alemguir, and minor paltry details of inter-marriages, 

 subsequently : the whole entirely worthless. 



Section 2. Details of merchandize in the Fkri-sagur, district of 

 Bidanur. 



Money; weights; measures; provisions; ordinary commodities, &c. 

 without any utility, as regards the present enquiry. 



Section 3. Account of agriculture in the district of Chandra-gudi, 



This, in an agricultural point of view, is a document that might be 

 deemed curious, or interesting; but irrelevant to my object. 



Four other sections follow, concerning betel and areca nul gardens, 

 weights, coins, &c. In the English heading, a notice of f 

 hunters, is mentioned; but is not to be found in the book itself. At 



