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becomes an entire out-caft. The men take feveral wives ; and, if they be goadworkers, go not always divorce them for adultery; but, as they thus incur iorrsedilgrace, they mult appeafe the anger of their kindred by giving th~-m an entertain-ment, and the Guru generally interpofes his authority to prevent a feparation. TheCurubas believe, that thofe men who die without having been married becomeVirikas, to whole images, at a great annual feaft, which is celebrated on purpofe,offerings of red cloth, jagory, rice, &c. are made. If this feaft be omitted, theVirikas become enraged, occafion ficknefs, kill the fheep, alarm the people byhorrid dreams, and, when they walk out at night, ftrike them on the back. Theyare only to be appeafed by the celebration of the proper feaft. The peculiar god ofthe call is Bir’-uppa, or father Biray, one of the names of Siva ; and the image isin Ihape of the linga ; but no other perfon prays to Siva under this name, nor offersfacrifices to that god, which is the mode by which the Curubas worlhip Bir’-uppa.The priefts who officiate in the temples of this deity are Curubas. Their office ishereditary, and they do not intermarry with the daughters of laymen. In fomodiftrids, the Curubas worlhip another god, peculiar, 1 believe, to themfelves. He iscalled Battay Devaru, and is a deftrudive fpirit. They offer facrifices to him inwoods, by the fides of rivulets, or ponds. The carcafes of the animals killed beforethe image are given to the barber and walherman, who eat them. Befides thefe, theCurubaru offer facrifices to the Saktis , and pray to every object of fuperftition(except Dharma Raja ) that comes in their way. They are confidered as too impureto be allowed to wear the linga, as their Guru does. This perfon is called a wodear,or jangama; but he is married, and his office is hereditary. His title is RavanaSiddhefwara, and he originally lived at Sarur, which is near Kalyana pattana. Athis vifits he beftows confecrated allies, and receives charity. He has a fixed due onmarriages, and fends his agent to collect it. At fome of their ceremonies thepanchanga attends, and ads as purohita.

30th July. — I went four cofies to Badavana-hully, or the poor man’s village;which is fortified with a mud-wall and a ftrong hedge, and contains about twenty >houfes of cultivators. In the former war it fell into the hands of Purferam Bhow’sarmy ; and, although the inhabitants have lived ever fince in perfed fecurity, it hasnot-yet recovered one-half of its former population. The difeafe among the cattle laft:year did not extend toward this quarter farther than Chica Bala-pura; but this yearit has killed one half of the ftock.

The country through which I came to-day confifts of vallies interfperfed withdetached barren hills. In thefe vallies there has been formerly a good deal of cultiva-tion ; at prefent, however, they are not half peopled. A great part of the country iscovered with the wild date palm, or elate fylvejlris , of which no care is taken. Evenon bad foils it feems to be fo thriving, that I have no doubt but that even there it isfufficiently produdive of juice.

31ft July. — I went four cofies to Sira. The greater part of the country, throughwhich I paffed to-day, is covered with trees, which are rather higher than is ufual inthe waftes of this country. Among them were many wild date palms. The Sultan,as I have already mentioned, with a view of enforcing the dodrine of his religion,which forbids the ufe of intoxicating liquors, gave orders that all thefe fiiould becut. Like moft of his other regulations, this feems'to have been very ill obeyed ; forin the central parts of his dominions no tree feems to be in fuch abundance. On theway, I paffed two ruinous villages, and one ftili inhabited 5 but by far the greater

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