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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts. 



[July 



Manuscript 'book, No. 21— Countermark 366 and No. 22— Counter- 

 mark 3b7. i 



These are two thin quartos, containing the two copies of th Q poem 

 entitled Harischandra NaTopd nan -m. referred to in the Foregoing por- 

 tion of this report. Boih copies are complete, in five asvdsus, or sec- 

 tions. The ink is good: the country paper slightly ton died by worms ; 

 but, with a Utile care, both copies will last for many years. 



Manuscript book, No. 32 — Countermark 320. 



Velugot'waru-vamsavali, or account of the local chiefs who ruled at 

 Vencatagiri. 



An abstract of MS. book, No 4i), section 8, was given in my second 

 report, being the same subject. This copy had not then met my eye ; 

 not having, at that time, the collection entirely at my control. It forms 

 of itself a neat small quarto, strongly bound in leather, and in very good 

 preservation. It is also complete, and fills a larger document than the 

 section above referred to, from being written in'a bolder hand, with 

 spaces left between divisions of the general narrative. 



C— MAHRATTI. 



Manuscript book, No. 1 — Countermark 64t. 

 Ib'd. No. 2 — Countermark 645. 



Cadha-calpa-taru, or an abridgement of various Hindu writings in the 

 Bharatam, Bhagavatam, Ramayanam, Puranas, &c. 



This title, written in English' at the beginning, tolerably well defines 

 the contents. The term Calpa-taru, is however, rather more ingenious 

 than therein appears. In the paradise of Vishnu there is said to be a 

 tree of plenty, called Calpa-vrieslta, which offers whatever is washed 

 for, by the. person approaching it. Even so, this book gives variously, 

 and plentifully, to the reader. The work is in two volumes,' written on 

 French paper, with good ink ; and continues in perfectly good preserva- 

 tion. 



