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44 
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
Trimula 
Nayafca. 
CHAPTER known to this class of men alone. The Batta, or money paid to the 
Shrof for exchanging a Sultany Pagoda into Fanams, is 2 Dudus, 
July 2o, &c. or nearly 0,9 per cent, and by those who have lived in Bengal 
must be considered as very moderate. Besides, the Shrof values 
the Fanam at part less than the Niruc does ; yet the value put 
on it by the officer is less than its intrinsic worth; for the regula- 
tion which he has made fixes its value at T V of a Sultany Pagoda; 
and 12,913 Fanams contain as much pure gold, as the Sultany Pa- 
goda. In all calculations I shall use the Seringapatam rate of ex- 
change, and take the Fanam at of a Pagoda. The Company’s 
Rupee passes here for 56 Dudus , and the Sultany for 59^; whereas 
the real proportion is 56 to 56-f-. 
The first day that I passed here was very disagreeable ; as I detected 
the people lying to me in the grossest manner ; and on account of 
the Amildar's connections, the messenger who accompanied me was 
afraid to speak. I at length met with. an acting Gauda , or renter 
of some villages, named Trimula Nayaka, from whom I received the 
intelligence which I consider as the most accurate that I procured 
during my whole journe}^. Trimula Nayaka is the family name of 
the Madura Rajas, and in fact my new acquaintance was of that 
house. His ancestor was a brother of the then reigning prince, 
who, in a dispute, was savage enough to threaten the life of so near 
a relation. The younger brother in this necessity was forced to 
emigrate, and came to this country, where many other Polygars of 
Telinga extraction then lived ; for it must be observed, that the 
last race of Madura Rajas were of Telinga descent; and were Poly- 
gars, who assumed independence on the overthrow of their sove- 
reign, the king of Vijay a nagara. 
The cultivated lands in this country, defined, as before, as ex- 
tending from Nandi to Penu-conda , and from Chic a Bala-pura to 
Madhu-giri , are as usual divided into two kinds : Nirarumba, or 
watered-lands ; and Pyrarumba , or dry-field. 
mZltQVQd- The watered-land here includes all the grounds called Tola, or 
lands. 
Division of 
lands. 
