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fends off Ihort lanes to the outer and inner avails. The houfes are at prefent verymean and ruinous, and do not nearly occupy the whole fpace within the walls. They arein number about 600, of which 80 are occupied by Brahmans. It contains a gardenwhich belongs to the government; is in great diforder, and is rendered difgulling by twobanyan-trees (Ficus Bengalenfis) loaded with large bats, whom the people will notdifturb. To the fouth of the town there was formerly a large fuburb ; but about fortyyears ago it was dellroyed in an invafion of the Marattahs. It was plundered by Pur-feram Bhow, when he was going to join Lord Cornwallis at Seringapatam ; but atthat time he obtained very little, the inhabitants having hidden their mod valuable effedts,and withdrawn into the hilly country. When the Marattah army retired to Sira, theyfent to the inhabitants affurances of proteftion, and began by making fmall daily dis-tributions of charity to the Brahmans. By this means they inveigled back a coniider-able number of the inhabitants 5 and no fooner had they got the leading men into theirpower, than they put them to the torture, until the wretched men difcovered wheretheir effects v/ere hid, and thus they procured 500,000 rupees. During the remainder ofTippoo ’s reign the place continued languifhing, the inhabitants of 300 houfes only havingventured back. It poffeffes a fmall manufacture of coarfe cotton cloth, both white andcoloured, and made by Devangas and Togotaru. It has alfo a weekly fair, at whichthefe goods, and the produce of the numerous palm-gardens in the neighbourhood,are fold. Many of its inhabitants aCt as carriers, tranfporting goods to different places forthe merchants of Naggara and Bangaluru . Its name Signifies the town of the little chief;which was the title affumed by the Polygars of Hagalawadi, its former mailers, andwho, about 300 years ago, firll fortified it. About a century afterwards they wereovercome by the Polygars of Myfore ; and, in order to retain Hagalawadi free fromtribute, gave up entirely this part of their dominions. Hyder made them tributarieseven for Hagalawadi, and his fon ftripped them of every thing.

21 11 Augult. — I remained at Chica Nayakana Hully, investigating the managementof the palm gardens in its vicinity. Thefe occupy by far the greater part of thewatered land in the diltrifts called Honawully, Budihalu, Hagalawadi, and Chika Naya-kana Hully, with a confiderable portion in Sira and Gubi. In the dry feafon they requirethe affiltance of the capily, the water in the refervoirs feldom Jailing throughout theyear.

2 2d Augull. — I went three coffes to Arulu Gupay. Except the ridge of hornltonehills on my left, and a Ihort detached ridge on my right, the country was free fromhills. The foil was, however, by no means fo good as that in the level country which liesbetween the Durgas and the ridge of hornltone ; for in many places the rock appearedabove ground, and lumps of white quartz almoll intirely covered many fields. Therock here was grey granite. I believe the hornltone is confined to the ridge in whichDoray Betta is fituated. In the fmall ridge to my right, the rocks were grey granite ;the black-ltone already defcribed as accompanying this in the eallern Ghats; and thefame containing white fpots, which probably were quartz.

At a fmall village by the way, I was Ihewn a well, from whence what the natives callfhidy munnu had been taken. It was in the back yard of a Brahman’a houfe. Abouttwo months ago he had dug 20 feet through the common foil of the country, which inmany places is very deep. He then came to a llratum of this fubltance, which he continuedto procure until prevented by water. It is a loofe fcaly earth, of a filvery white colour,and is mixed with fmall fragments of quartz. It is fo friable, that it cannot be handledwithout falling to pieces, and is no doubt fchiltofe mica in a Hate of decay. The mica-ceous matter is walhed pff by water, and in the houfes of inferior perfons, ferves the

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