A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
CHAPTER endeavour to avert their wrath by bloody sacrifices. These are per- 
formed by cutting off the animal’s head before the door of the 
June 22, &c. temple, and invoking the deity to partake of the sacrifice. There 
is no altar, nor is the blood sprinkled on the image; and the body 
serves the votaries for a feast. The Palliwdnlu have temples dedi- 
cated to a female spirit of this kind named Mutialima , and served 
by Pujaris of their own cast. These priests can neither read nor 
write, but their office is hereditary. Their families can intermarry 
with those of the laity, who cultivate the priest’s garden, and give 
him annuall} 7 a suit of clothes. The Palliwdnlu also offer sacrifices 
to Mdrimd , whose Pujaris here are Curubaru ; and to Putdlimd , 
whose Pujaris are Ling ait. They sometimes take the vow of Ddseri . 
Saline wells. In many parts of this country, the wells contain what the natives 
call salt water ; and at Bangalore there are many of this kind. Some 
of these are situated very near wells that are perfectly fresh ; which 
is easily accounted for, from the vertical situation of the strata. 
This salt water is preferred, by the dyers, to that which is fresh. 
It has a maukish disagreeable taste, no smell, and is quite limpid. 
It is never used medicinally. A white precipitate is formed in it 
by the nitrate of silver. It, therefore, probably contains some mu- 
riate of soda. No sensible action is produced on it by the sulphuric, 
nitric, or muriatic acids, nor by lime-water. The carbonates of soda 
and potash throw down a white precipitate, which is readily dis- 
solved in the sulphuric acid; and the solution is soluble in water. 
It, therefore, contains magnesia. When evaporated, this water de- 
posits a dirty pulpy semideliquescent matter, which is only partially 
soluble in water. It effervesces strongly with the sulphuric acid ; 
but part of it falls down again in an insoluble state. The water, 
therefore, contains lime also. While the sulphuric acid is acting on 
the precipitate formed by boiling, it emits a very offensive smell. 
The lime and magnesia are evidently suspended in the water by 
being dissolved in some volatile acid ; and, if it had not been for 
