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Rh work away from their native place they are afraid. It is unnecessary for me to describe the qualifications of the officers now on duty, as they are well aware of their own characteristics. Among the dead who only looked to the interests of their master, were Vinnakota Sankaram Pantulu Garu and Chelikani Gopaulrow Garu, and I wish all present officers would try to gain as high a reputation as those two men.

THE RELATIVES. "I must admit, save in two or three instances, that all the relatives who were here when I first came, have been very loyal. But many of them are dead and gone. As regards the present lot, I regret to say that they are not in general so loyal as were their fathers.

VELAMAVARU.

"None of this class was working in any of the offices at the time when I first came to Bobbili. There was then a small number