JOURNEY FROM MADRAS 
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THROUGH THE COUNTRIES OF 
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR, 
PERFORMED UNDER THE ORDERS OF 
THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS WELLESLEY, 
GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA, 
FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING- THE STATE OF 
AGRICULTURE, ARTS, AND COMMERCE ; THE RELIGION, MANNERS, AND 
CUSTOMS ; THE HISTORY NATURAL AND CIVIL, AND ANTIQUITIES, 
IN TIIE DOMINIONS OF 
THE RAJAH OF MYSORE, 
AND THE COUNTRIES ACQUIRED BY 
THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY, 
IN THE LATE AND FORMER WARS, FROM TIPPOO SULTAUN. 
BY FRANCIS BUCHANAN, M. D. 
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON; 
FELLOW OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF CALCUTTA; AND IN THE MEDICAL SERVICE 
OF THE HONOURABLE COMPANY ON THE BENGAL ESTABLISHMENT. 
PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND PATRONAGE OF 
THE HONOURABLE THE DIRECTORS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. 
ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP AND NUMEROUS OTHER ENGRAVINGS. 
IN THREE VOLUMES. 
VOL. I. 
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LONDON: 
PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES (BOOKSELLERS TO THE ASIATIC.SOCIETY), 
IN THE STRAND; AND BLACK, PARRY, AND KINGSBURY (BOOKSELLERS TO 
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY), IN LEADENHALL STREET; 
BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND ROW, ST. JAMES’S. 
