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Manuscript book, No- 5 — Countermark 802. 



This book is endorsed as relating to the Ceded Districts ;and the con- 

 tents refer to seventeen villages, with their districts, containing details 

 similar to those heretofore given in similar cases. Whenever snch books 

 have been found to be damaged, and in danger of speedily perishing, and 

 have been restored, I have then, in reading over the restored copy in col- 

 lation, at the same time abstracted the contents. This book is in perfect 

 condition ; and will last a long time. In such a case the minute labour 

 of abstracting does not seem to me to be called for; unless the contents 

 were of commanding importance, which is not the case in this instance. 

 This book is complete. 



Manuscript book, No. 6 — Countermark 803. 



This book relates to twenty villages of the Ceded Districts. A part of 

 the leaves, in one place, has been torn out, and lost. The remainder of 

 the book is in perfect preservation ; and the same remark, as in the last 

 instance, is applicable. 



Manuscript book, No. 10 — Countermark 807". 



Account of the Cusbah, or revenue district of Tan la-pafti in the 

 Ceded Districts. 



This is also a local account ; with the usual legendary, and minute, 

 details. It is in perfect preservation ; and, for the present, needs no 

 further attention. 



Manuscript book, No. 12 — Countermark 809. 



In this book are contained local details of fourteen villages in the 

 Ceded Districts. The paper is quite uninjured, and the ink indelible. 

 Two leaves were loose, and the back of the cover, having been merely 

 pasted on, was loose. These little defects being amended, the book 

 remains in perfect preservation, and is subject to the same remark as No. 

 5. The four books from that No.are labelled as pertaining to the Ceded 

 Districts : hence it may be as well to note, that the language in which 

 they are written is not Canarese, but Telugu. 



