trip the Portuguese I atids - D utch, had become to o . rooted to he*
ieasily : rênaoivecL ; T® iààsfsmre w&db'i at tribute that distrust and
-d&pf&-tawardfe as, which they?:tóol^>te^e(^ 'ïSppcör;tïiBit5Siof* shew*-
log. i Ko sooner wêre ^Miogs Jtoö^hfejftWet® that we'ihadtasdt
feéward on mw :to u tevlróiW ^luffib&)toJ' Sitti,vaeGa, -'thHrfftâiey
im n ^ ^ é te ïÿ 'b e ^B 'tô ëssëtóbiei-i®; great numhetsitan tSÉS# frbtik
tiera, runde? the idea that We-'were- approaching witîn hostile ini
tentions, Ah messages from 4be:iüögf' ho weve r, removed -%bélir
apprehensions-1 onH this head ; and at' the same time th|>Se-'iniîitia
received drdem immediately to join? the régula#'t^ô'ép^- an^
in fiowise to obstruct o# molest ris^i JMàr inaifGh1 through hfre
Çandian territory. É
’ Several kinds of previous stones and’ nietalft feiibstanees: ajrè
found in the environs of: Ruanelli ; and«amöfig-'thfe sfendand
gravelfliiring the banks of the river^which raiihih the frofittaf
pur encampment, I picked up' several‘pieeda »of ;ver'y- -fine -èrÿs^'
tais, of different colours, which séémed tonbak
down from? the neighbouring’ hills/1 : i On the opposite sâdèné# ffrê-
rivCC'lies a valley encompassed -with more gentle fend *les^ :%oody
hills, : than those on our side, called Jtaanelli, or the place ©f-^èi
pious, stones'. Here they-were formerly found- ih eètomderfebl'è^
plenty; but since-the impositions ©folds Etfropean cölg,nëï®fcis,f^fhè
king does not permit them to , be dug up o# looked fo#. I Thé
black péöplé, Malabars, and others, who belonged ta our détaéïta
ment, \rere daily employed in searching -among the sands of
the river. General Macdowal shewed * mé a great "Vârtety of
stands, and other cariosities, which these • people ‘had 'brought
him. Among these I observed, a black shining sutatfence, re*
sembling a petrified shell, with which the Cfendians ornament
their umbrellas made from thè talipot tree.
'* v ^ i s i t ^ G e n e r a l v b y •the escort of - Malays
%nd ^whfeh I have already mentioned,’ arid, accompanied
also fryfekhevoffieb#«- v>f*- his; staff and ;suite,_ -and subh geritlemeta'
Of . thes^ubtfechment*' as expressed*a desire- ta '1;sce *the capitak
passed the' riVef -about elevem'-s’oiockf -a'ncf jwticefeded abefiit-two
miles fartherkto • a/ place where stah^p%TOillfry'%hd a pagb^^
The rain* commenced again about th e 1 same itiWe*as bn th*e
ptaceding^fayS I ^
■ Apri'K ls tr «Reimtiiie’d th e ’ same^pltce,’ | preparing1’ for' the
march*iof next * day:»1 Rain; "thunder;1 and*’‘lightning.
2d.• 'MoVed'oArabout bight miles ta\Edrmalpani. >5Tlie c?6hn®r5h
^llas,-' fit# 'thitf day’s ma#ch, J morei^'p^h/^'anta less" difficult1 'tfrah
Miata^tta^bitoojBntared On om'-^app’roactr-tb Ruanelli®»
|jj '3dfe Halted*, stage v.ete' storm j forMerly;.
•- 4th. Marched twelve miles ;JEb Atipattk -Tme?roadiKvelry'j -clfL
and -steep. - Thb'tahritry, BbWeVerlF wa& mliph more'fr^tl,
and ''tfeta-ai# ’much bOolfe# than hitherto ■ b'x|M'iencdd:'!''
- 5th. 'Pfbcefeuld| six -Ihiles to Wolgofegoudi, ■ which- 'ti'ghiffei, ^ h e
•ground ©f-^hdlesb and-, caverns. I t " ‘recfeiveb‘ ife^hamta from a
number of »Cavities m the rocks and ’hills with which*^is*
of-the country abounds. The rdfed’ he#e* was1 still .wbfse1'to p &
thaii bn * the-' preceding -1 day. ’K The 1 air was- rn ^ f r^ e i^ -r^ ’k’bd
POpier than on -the frontiers ; and the -wdather no\fc' be^feh^ta be-
GOme more settled. -
6th. Movbdf On to Ganna | Tenna, of, ^ tMb ’pMee '•of,<;fireJi' sb.
called.j^om seVe#Sh#oltanic Crkptions which'foi'meriyt'taok plkce
herb,« In many parts of tite^intferfor; 'vdlcanobs"1 have at s‘di£-
forent times burst forth; and the hffist^ebm in a'hfgh^de^fqffl
‘ta -’poSseSs -the ''principle of those btuptioM^whafevbi-'; it may
be, Iron and other ores might be procured tin various: p'lifces