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 ccliii 13th.— Lieut. Sim gave me 10 star Pagodas with a let- ter to Mr. Thackeray, assistant Collector at Tanjore^ in onh-r to sex ;i particular account of the Puduvul Gopo- ram of Buddha vArich is situated about a quarter of a mile North of Naga pat nam together with ihe Coins of Kari- cal, Nagur and other places. 14th. — I lift Tranqnebar and went to Karical 5 miles South, [ went by the Sea side and searched for Coins up- ou the heights* there but could iiud none, bought some Coins iu the Bazar. 15th.— Left Karical and arrived at Nagapatam at 8 miles South by the road of Nagur } collecting some Coins on the way in the Bazar. 16th to 17th.— Waited on Mr. Thackeray and deli- vered Lieutenant Sim's letter to him who on perusal gave me an order to the Village people, together with a Peon, and ordered me to shew him all the Histories and Curiosities, I am collecting in his District, with which 1 complied and took leave of him to go to the neighbouring villages. 18th to 20th.— I copied the Sthala Pur a nam of Sunder Jlaj-t Swami and Kanj/arohen Swami of Nagapatam ; and the Sdpi Sastram or art of making Statues for theBouddhas and Jainas and constructing L)eoalams, &c. together with the account of Puduvole Gopuram which says that while the Bouddha Rajas were ruling in the com- mencement of the Salivahan Sakam they built the Temples at TtruxAyat^ Kelananamchari, Nelapadi, Maradambat and other places together with a large Gopuram at a quarter of a" mile North from Nagapatam and carved the Images according to the Bouddah Sastram and built a large Town, performed every kind of ceremonies to the God, and ruled there ; As the Bouddhas used to eat Fish, there arose a great differ- by Sand Drifts, and the accumulation of Sand thrown iu on the Coast by the Convulsion and Irruption of the Sea that at some remote pe- riod appears to hare overflown the whole line of Sea Coast from—' —-to " C. M.
 * The Heights so frequently mentioned are Sand Bunks formed