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^' February ^5 .—Early in the morning I reached Ossour, where 
the HiridoQs /^v^re celebrating one of their festivals. The scen"e was 
extremely gay; and while they were conveying the god in pro- 
cession, I took the accompanying view of his chariot. At three I 
again departed, and at twelve arrived at Anicul, where I found a 
party of twenty-five hircarrahs and peons, who had been ordered, 
throiigh the kindness ofLord William Bentinck, to meet and attend 
me to Sevasummoodra." 
" February ^6. — I proceeded without stopping, and by morning 
got' to Tulli, where Mr. Kelso has built a small bungelow for the 
accommodation of travellers. The day was most unpleasant, the 
air-intensely hot, and nothing to be seen or procured, the inhabi- 
tants being as poor as the place was wretched; my bearers, peons, 
and self, therefore, fared indifferently." 
February ^? — By day break I arrived at CankineHi. My peons 
brought me in a tiger which they had killed, measuring upwards of 
eight feet from the nose to the tip of the tail. Here I was provided 
by the people of the village, in compliance with orders from Serin- 
gapatam, with every thing necessary for myself and attendants," 
" February ^8. — It was sultry during the night, and though I set 
out early I did not reach Mahavilli until late in the morning. From 
the rate at which I had travelled, amounting on an average to 
between thirty and forty miles a day, though I had never hurried 
them on, I found that my bearers were nearly worn out, notwith- 
standing I had eight additional to assist them from the last stage: 
one of them dropt down to day, whom, Jn consequence, I was obli- 
ged to leave behind. Since my arrival in the Mysore, I have been 
received attv-^ry village with tom-toms, kc. by the inhabitants, a 
