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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
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CHAPTER At this season the rains ought to be very heavy, ancl the air to be 
cool, with frequent and violent thunder and lightning. The winds 
July 13, &c. are westerly, and from the middle of As ha da to the middle of 
Srdvana, or about our month of July, are very violent; afterwards 
they abate. IV. Aswaja and Kartika form Sarat Ritu, which this 
year extends from the 19th of September to the 16th of November. 
At this season there are long falls of rain ; but it is not very heavy, 
and there are considerable intervals of fair weather. The winds 
are light, and come from the northward. During the rain, to the 
feelings of the natives, the air is very cold ; in the intervals it is 
temperate. The thunder is moderate. V. Hhnanta Ritu , or the 
season of dew, comprehends Mdrgasirsha and Paushya , or from the 
lbth of November to the 14th of January. At this season there is 
no rain, but there are heavy dews ; and thick fogs obscure the sun, 
and render the air very cold. The winds are moderate, and come 
from the northward. VI. Sayshu Ritu , or the season of moonshine, 
comprehends Mdga and Phalguna, or from about the middle of 
January to the middle of March. There are sometimes slight 
showers, but the weather is in general dry and clear, with very 
little dew. The winds are light, and come from the eastward. 
The warm season commences ; but the heat, according to the sen- 
sation of the natives, continues moderate. This is the season of 
the principal rice harvest. The air is most unhealthy, and occasions 
most fevers, during the first and last seasons, or in the hot and 
dry weather. By the natives this country is esteemed very healthy; 
they acknowledge, however, that the air of the durgas is very 
bad. 
* 
Customs of The Morasu are an original tribe of Karnata , who are admitted 
the Morasu , . . a . 
properly so by ail parties to be ouara , and who, as being cultivators of the 
called. land, are called JVoculigaru ; which by the Mussulmans has been 
shortened into Wocul. In the two Bala-pura districts they are 
very numerous, and formed a part of the native foot militia, called 
in this language Candasharci . They are cultivators of the ground* 
