மானங்காத்த மருதுபாண்டியர் 182 (5) Translation of a letter from the Amiidar of Croor and Cottapatanam taluks to the Cosiector, dated 18th March - received 23rd 1801, Reporting as follows: - Swamy Sherogar has this day reported to me for certain intelligence that his man whom he sent with instructions to mix him self secretly with the Wiardoos people and to discover the news there, returned and communicated to him as follows: 'I hat five or six days ago when the Mardoo was diverting himself with the fighting of cocks his private tappal arrived with a letter from his man acquainting him that the collector has represented against him to Madras as the instigator of the Panchalamkurichi and Milappan's rebellious disturbances in conformation of which an olai from oanchalamkurichi to him had been intercepted etc. În conseauence of which the Mardoo had written to certain gentiemen at Madras who are his supporters informing as follows:- We are the children of the company and as such remain paying tribute conducting our seives in obedi. ence to the coilectors order, notwithstanding which the coitector designs to divert us of our Pollam; this being his object he is unjustly representing againstus. If we have be haved so faulty let it be proved to the Dorah (or gentleman) at Trichinopoly and to the Colonel at Tanjore and if they upon proper investigation represent us as guilty of criminai conduct we shałł submit to such punishment as may be pro. nounced against us. Moreover this collector has since his arrival assumed aii the Połiams, So long as he remains here will doubtless also represent our Poitam. Therefore should a detachment march against us we are determined to sacrifice ourselves." 安安 (6) Letter from S. Lushington Esq., Coliector of Tinnevelly, To Wiiiiam Petric Esq., President, and member of the Board of Revenue. "But such is the arduous nature of the work and the immence extent of jungie in the Shivaganga country, as you will judge from the accompanying sketch of it, that it will require the fullest support of Goverrament to complete their destruction even within a considerabie number of years. The jungle of Callaicoil is from 11 to 12 miles across in ever direction, with no villages or cultivation breaking the continuity of it on any side - Caliaicoil itself is nearly centrieal. The other jungles are
