MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 
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analogous with Kilah, and Durga, or Durgam , is analogous with CHAPTER 
Ghadam. In the Tamu{ language a fort of either kind is called 
Cot ay. 
Besides the Chaturam and Mandapam , there is another kind of Another 
building, which by Europeans is called Choultry ; in the Tamul lan- 
guage it is called Tany Pundal, or water shed. These are small railed Tany 
buildings, where weary travellers may enjoy a temporary repose in 
the shade, and obtain a draught of water or milk. In some of the 
inns or Chaturams, provisions are sold; in others, they are distribut- 
ed gratis, at least to Brcthmans or other religious mendicants, as is 
the case in the Choubaries of Bengal. 
When a man erects a building of any of these kinds, the natives Titles derived 
add its name to his, as a title of honour; thus any person speaking j™'k s publlC 
of Vira Per mat, would call him Vira Permal Chaturam. Others 
derive a similar title from having dug a Culam, or constructed an 
Bray. 
Soon after leaving Conjeverani, I found the country again a Appearance 
desert, and it continues so till near Damerlu , the last village in the ofthecoun - 
, ° try in the 
Jaghire. From my having passed over such a great proportion of Jaghire. 
bad land, on my way from Madras, it must not be concluded, that 
the whole country is similar. Dry, hard, and elevated ground, 
where little expense is bestowed on keeping the roads in repair, 
being most favourable for highways, the traveller of course meets 4 
with a greater proportion of that description than of any other. 
Between Damerlu, and Oulur , a canal coming from the Palar, 
waters much valuable rice land. At Oulur the soil is good, but 
where I encamped is fit only for dry grains ; and at present its 
surface is wholly a brown dust, enlivened alone by the bushes and 
trees which, from the slovenliness of the cultivators, are scattered 
about in the best fields. 
In one place I saw people employed in watering a rice field with Irrigation by 
the Yatam, or Pacot a, as it is called by the English. When the ™ ean * oftf »c 
water of a tank is expended before the rice of the fields watered Pocota. 
