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contrary to the rules of cast. Small delinquencies they punish by CHAPTER 
pouring cow-clung and water on the head of the guilty person, by 
line, and by whipping. For great offences they excommunicate the 
culprit ; which is done by shaving his head. This excludes a man 
from all society, even from, that of his nearest connections ; for his 
very wife would incur a similar punishment by giving him any 
assistance. The excommunication may be removed by the Guru ; 
in which case he purifies the repentant sinner by a copious draught 
of cow's urine. Though the deputies have no proper authority to 
punish delinquents, yet they frequently make people voluntarily 
submit to their correction. They threaten any person to send a 
complaint to his Guru of some crime laid to his charge, and an 
order to proceed to the residence of the Guru to answer the com- 
plaint. Most persons, however, choose to submit to whatever the 
deputy dictates, rather than undertake the trouble of a long jour- 
ney; at the end of which they might be more severely punished by 
the Guru , than they would have been at home by the deputy. 
When a Guru is accused of any misdemeanor, he is called before 
a Trimatustaru, or assembly of the most eminent Vaidika Brahmans 
of all the three sects, who have the power of inflicting six different 
punishments, all of which are very severe. 
Sth June. — I went to Chinapatam , or Chenapaitana , which was for- June 9. 
merly the residence of a Polygar family called Jacadeva Rayas. ^J^ }attan * 
They were Teliga Banijigaru, and seem to have risen into power 
about five centuries ago. They continued till very lately^possessed 
of considerable territories ; and were reduced by the Mysore Rajas , 
no long time before these, in their turn, became subject to the 
Mussulmans. The direct heir of the family, in the male line, now 
resides here in great poverty ; and, being a petty trader, is called 
Jvoa Raja Chitty. 
Glass-ware is one of the manufactures of this place. It is made Manufacture 
by two operations. In the first, from the raw materials, are formed ot glass * 
masses of glass ; in the second, these masses are wrought up into 
small bottles, and ornamental rings for the arms of women. 
