MYSORE, CANARY, AND MALABAR. 16s 
105.; the average rent of sugar land is therefore Si. 6s. 6d. an acre. CHAPTER 
The farmers allege, that the Amildars, in order to favour the court 
sugar-maker, who generally supplies them also, take all the juice June 11 . 
that is produced on sandy soil, and estimating the quantity of 
Jagory which would fall to the farmer’s share, repay him with Ja - 
gory made of cane raised on black mould ; but this seems too paltry 
a kind of imposition to be practised, and shows that they have 
little real cause of complaint when they mention one so trivial. 
12th June. — I went to Rama-giri. A part of the way I had tra- June 12 . 
veiled before ; but, on coming to the Arkawati river, I turned to 
the north, and passed through a valley naturally beautiful, but 
which appeared dismal on account of its having been in a great Desolation, 
measure deserted. Near its head I found a few small villages sur- 
rounded by a little cultivation. 
Since the accession of Tippoo, Rama-giri has been strangely agi- Rdma-giri. 
tated. The town, which was then considerable, he removed from 
the west side of the river, and placed close under the hill upon 
which the fort is built. It was then surrounded by a wall, and some 
other defences of no great importance. The army of Lord Corn- 
wallis summoned the fort ; and the garrison, intimidated by the 
taking of many strong places which they had seen fall, surrendered 
without any resistance, and for some time our troops kept posses- 
sion. After the peace Tippoo dismantled the fort, and now the 
Amildar has again removed the town to the west side of the river, 
and placed it lower down than its original situation. During the 
incursions of Lord Cornwallis the inhabitants were deprived of the 
means of subsistence, and a large proportion of them perished of 
hunger. I give this, and other similar accounts of the state of 
population, from the infor,mation of the natives, which I believe is 
just, and rather partial to the British side, partly from flattery, and 
partly from their being sensible that they never before were under 
the protection of a people so humane, just, and powerful. The place 
is dreadfully infested by tigers, especially the fort, which occupies a Tigers. 
