MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. S99 
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village, his civil authority ceases; but, without inviting the here- CHAPTER 
ditary chief to attend, the renter cannot call an assembly of the 
elders, to settle the disputes cognizable by such jurisdictions. July 8, &c. 
In almost every village (Grama) the customs of the farmers, Manner of 
especially in dividing the crops, are different. The Shanaboga, or crops. ° 
village accomptant, keeps a written account of these customs ; 
which is referred to as being the law, or custom of the manor: for 
of the word Grama manor would perhaps be a better translation 
than village, which is usually given. The custom of Colar in 
dividing the crop of rice is as follows : 
The corn, when cut down, is made up into burthens, as large as 
a man can carry on his head. From each of these is taken a bunch, 
equal in all to about -f-f- parts of the seed sown. These parts are 
divided thus : 
Seers. 
To the Nirgunty , or distributer of water - lb 
To the Toti, or watchman - - - lb 
To the Aduca , or beadle, called here Cauliga - lb 
To the iron smith - - - - 8 
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Then from the heap is taken, 
By the Toti, or watchman, whatever sticks to the seals of 
mud, that he puts on to prevent embezzlement, which may 
be about ------ 3 
By the Pujaries , or priests of the village gods - -4 
By vagrants of all religions and kinds, who, under pretence 
of dedicating themselves to God, live by begging - 4 
By the Gauda who rents the village, as his perquisite - 8 
By the government, as its perquisite, called Sadi - . - lb 
By the hereditary Gauda , or chief of the village, in order to 
defray the expense of the feast which is given to Ganesa f 
wider the form of a stake of the Cassia Fistula - - lb 
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Seers - A 1 
