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ii of Divan, which he held under the celebrated Chunda Saheb, during his rule as Nabob of Trichinopoly, especially as Chunda Saheb did not assume the government of that place until the death of the Rajah, which happened in the year 1736. From the moment of his arrival in India, he, in confor- mity with Hindoo custom, abandoned the use of animal food, and employed Brahmans to prepare his meals. He adopted the habit of a religious devotee, and on his visitations to his flock assumed all the pomp and pageantry with which Hindoo Gooroos usually travel. He founded a church at Konangooppam Ariyanoor, in the district of Baroor, and my MS. notices particularly a picture of the Madonna and the child Jesus, which he caused to be painted at Manilla and set up in that church. It was in honour of this Madonna. of her husband Joseph and the Lord Jesus, that he composed the Sacred Poem called Tembavani: which, vying in length with the laid itself, is by far the most celebrated and most voluminous of his works. It contains 3615 tetras-- ticks, each of which is furnished with a prose interpretation; and, to judge from the only Padalam or Canto which I have had an opportunity of reading, where the murder of the innocents is described, its merits are not overrated Viramamooni also founded a church at Tirookavaloor, a name which he gave to the town of Vadoogapet, in the district of Ariyallor, and on the Madonna there he composed three Poems; Tirookavaloor Kalambagam. Anneiyajoongal Andadi, and Adeikala Malei-The following are the most Important of the remaining works of this author; which, with exceptions that will be noticed, are extant only in MS, Kiteri Ammal Ammanei, a poem. Vediyaro jookkam, a work in prose; where, as the name implies, the duties of
