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Rajas ; but the head of this branch, a handsome young man, being CHAPTER 
now pensioned by the Raja , and treated by the Resident with re- 
spect, the subjects pretend to be ignorant of the appellation Petta - May 20, &c. 
hutty , and he is spoken of by his proper titles, although he has no 
authority. Numerous other branches of the Mysore family, in the 
male line, are scattered over the country, and are called Arsu 
Mocaiu , or Raf bundy. They are little respected ; and few of them are 
possessed of wealth sufficient to support the appearance of rank. 
The palace of the Sultan at Seringapatajn is a very large building, Palace in Ser- 
r v i - ill ingapatam. 
surrounded by a massy and lofty wall of stone and mud, and out- 
wardly is of a very mean appearance. There were in it, however, 
some handsome apartments, which have been converted into bar- 
racks ; but the troops are very ill lodged, from the want of venti- 
lation common in all native buildings. The private apartments of 
Tippoo formed a square, in one side of which were the rooms that 
he himself used. The other three sides of the square were occupied 
by warehouses, in which he had deposited a vast variety of goods; 
for he acted not only as a prince, but also as a merchant. 
These goods were occasionally distributed among the Amildars , The Sultan's 
or governors of provinces, with orders to sell them, on the Sultan’s ,11 nt c " 
account, at a price far above their real value ; which was done by 
forcing a share of them upon every man in proportion to his sup- 
posed wealth. This was one of the grand sources of oppression, 
peculation, and defalcation of revenue. The friends, or wealthy 
corruptors of the Amildars , were excused from taking a large share 
of the goods ; while the remainder was forced upon poor wretches, 
whose whole means, when torn from them, were inadequate to the 
estimated value of the goods ; and the outstanding balances on this 
account were always large. 
The three sides of the square formerly used as warehouses, are now Tippoo' s sons. 
occupied by the five younger sons of Tippoo , who have not yet been 
removed to Vellore. They are w r ell looking boys, and are permitted 
to ride, and exercise themselves in the square, when they are desirous 
