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CHAPTER
V.
July 5.
Lacor and
its manufac-
tures.
Manufac-
tures of
Walur.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
ought now to cover the ground ; owing, however, to the want of
rain, they have not yet begun to spring.
5th July.—I went four cosses to Walur, and by the way passed
through a manufacturing town named Lacor. It is not quite so large
as Walur ; but is a well built mud fort, strengthened by a fine hedge.
The weavers of Walur are of the casts called Devangas, Padma-
shalays, Shaynagas, Togotas, and Coiculru, who are a Tigul tribe, as
the people, here say ; for in Karnata proper, all the tribes that speak
the Tamul language are called Tigulru. The cloths made by the
Coiculru have red borders, like those made by the Togotaru; but
they are of a thinner fabric.
\\ Rupee to if.
ditto to ~.
Appearance
of the coun-
try.
Vanity of the
native offi-
cers.
r
4
1| ditto to 1§.
Shir ays, cost from - -
Cloth used like a shawl
Cloth 16 cubits long
For sale, the weavers carry part of their goods to the neighbour-
ing towns at their weekly markets, and partly sell them to mer-
chants who come from Hosso-cotay, Colar, Maasty, Lacor, Sirja-pura,
Bangaluru, and Krishna-giri. They procure all their cotton from the
merchants of Hosso-cotay.
The country between Sirja-puru and Walur, though naked, is very
fine. Almost the whole has formerly been under cultivation; but,
from a want of inhabitants, a large proportion of it is at present
waste.
I found the Brahman who had been attentive on my former visit,
and who had called himself Amildar, or chief of a district. This I
now learned was a falsehood. He was only a Parputty, or chief of
a subdivision; and his civility seems to have arisen from a desire
of being considered as a great man, and of receiving attentions
to which he was by no means entitled. Having been now detected,
he did every thing, so far as he could venture, to cross my wishes.
This assumption of titles to which they have no right, is a very
common piece of vanity among the natives of India, though it often
lead' *
depe»de
onlyhav
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27!l
CHAPTER
V.
July 5.
Lacor and
its manufac-
tures.
Manufac-
tures of
Walur.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
ought now to cover the ground ; owing, however, to the want of
rain, they have not yet begun to spring.
5th July.—I went four cosses to Walur, and by the way passed
through a manufacturing town named Lacor. It is not quite so large
as Walur ; but is a well built mud fort, strengthened by a fine hedge.
The weavers of Walur are of the casts called Devangas, Padma-
shalays, Shaynagas, Togotas, and Coiculru, who are a Tigul tribe, as
the people, here say ; for in Karnata proper, all the tribes that speak
the Tamul language are called Tigulru. The cloths made by the
Coiculru have red borders, like those made by the Togotaru; but
they are of a thinner fabric.
\\ Rupee to if.
ditto to ~.
Appearance
of the coun-
try.
Vanity of the
native offi-
cers.
r
4
1| ditto to 1§.
Shir ays, cost from - -
Cloth used like a shawl
Cloth 16 cubits long
For sale, the weavers carry part of their goods to the neighbour-
ing towns at their weekly markets, and partly sell them to mer-
chants who come from Hosso-cotay, Colar, Maasty, Lacor, Sirja-pura,
Bangaluru, and Krishna-giri. They procure all their cotton from the
merchants of Hosso-cotay.
The country between Sirja-puru and Walur, though naked, is very
fine. Almost the whole has formerly been under cultivation; but,
from a want of inhabitants, a large proportion of it is at present
waste.
I found the Brahman who had been attentive on my former visit,
and who had called himself Amildar, or chief of a district. This I
now learned was a falsehood. He was only a Parputty, or chief of
a subdivision; and his civility seems to have arisen from a desire
of being considered as a great man, and of receiving attentions
to which he was by no means entitled. Having been now detected,
he did every thing, so far as he could venture, to cross my wishes.
This assumption of titles to which they have no right, is a very
common piece of vanity among the natives of India, though it often
lead' *
depe»de
onlyhav
Jvery
descent,
ginal coi
sembled
of their
thepalan
among tl
out as fa;
cast, but
Mia Bi
the head-
lity of \x\
ther, the^
veil kno\
race. Th
lose cast
tot this]
al! ^orshi
Jokers. 1
^KnS)
Wate]
asN0,
'to
Pot]
%
\k
K
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