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 «ckif 10th.— I Yisited the Chief Priest of Sanlar Ach&ri, exi pending four Rupees on fruit &c. to introduce myself, and requested him to give me a copy of the copper in* icriptions he had in his Malt ham, but some of lhe Km* yesthalu (or managers) of the Mattham directly denied that iliere were any inscriptions on copper plates, being afraid of losing their original documents which they had saved through many years from the destruction of dif- ferent wars. 1 encouraged them much assuring them that 1 would take no original but only wanted a copy ; they answered iff assured them that only a copy was to be taken, and that I would give them a recommendation to iny Master regarding their discontinued Jagh and ob- tain their restoration of any of the discontinued villages, that he would get me a particular account of the Cholen, Cheran and Pandian together with that of the Rajahs of JSijanagums he was the Guru of all Rajas. I according* ingly gave them a recommendatory letter; then confi.ling in my assertions that I had only come to. copy inscripti- ons, and collect historical information he was much pleas- ed, and promised to get me a particular account of the Rajas that had ruled from the commencement of the Kaliyugam, he took me into his Agraram and shewed ine about 125 Copper Sasanams each contained in five or six plates : he gave me a copy of two, presented me with a piece of cloth worth five Rupees, and gave me leave, promising to get me a particular account of the Chola Rajas together with several Coins, if I recommend ed him personally to my Master at Madras, and got any assistance to recover their discontinued Villages. 1 lth.— I went this day to the Mattham of the Lingam* Jcaii people, visited the Sanj/asi thereof and requested him to give me a particular account of Mattham, Sect and the different Titles derived from the several Rajahs; ao cordiugly he gave me two books, viz. 1st. Bharani which contains an account of Uiu Ku+ ten a Vidwan (or learned man) who became a Convert to the Lingam Katti Sect, and composed different Slo* hams ox Hymns to Virabhadra. ■, Sd. Sthala Puran&m of the Matham of the lAngam Kati Sect* in which a detailed account of their Sect ia