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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 211
than it is by the standard of British coin. In all calculations I shall CHAPTER
reduce the money to the British standard by the most common V^J^W
coins current in the province of Coimbetore; and these are the Oct. 16,17.
Sul(a)?y aud Vif-Raya Fanams: the former is worth at the British
mint 7TVo%-^- anc^ tne latter 5-Z££^d.; but where great precision
is not wanted, the one may be taken at 7~<£ and the other at 6d.
For changing a Rupee into copper money, the dealers in coin take
two Cask. If silver is wanted for gold, nothing is required; but
if gold is wanted for silver, nine Cash are required for every Pa-
goda. The shells called Couries are not current.
Road Measure.
Distances are reckoned by the time a man ought to take in
walking them. The distance a man can walk in the Hindu hour,
or twenty-four European minutes, is called Urnalvoully; which
must be what Major Rennell means by a coss of the Carnatic,
.whereof 37|go to a degree. 7|- Urnalboullies are reckoned 1 Cadam,
or day's-journey with loaded cattle. 2,-| Urnalimillies are equal to one
Sultany Coss, or Hardary. Coss, it must be observed, is a word from
the north of India.
The principal native officer here says, that people are now em- New mea-
; ployed in measuring the lands which belong to all the villages in valuation.
this lately acquired division of Major Macleod's district. The
measurement, however, will be by no means complete; as large
hills and wastes are not included within the boundaries of any. vil-
lage, and will not be comprehended in the accompts. Even within
the village boundaries it is only the lands that are considered arable,
or as capable of being made so, that are actually measured; steep
and rocky, places, are taken by conjecture. The people employed
to, measure are called P.cymashi (i. e. measurers); as while they mea-
sure the land they put on it a fair valued rent, which is to be that
levied on the farmers, as soon as the valuation is complete. In the
mean, while the cultivators pay the tax to government by an old
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 211
than it is by the standard of British coin. In all calculations I shall CHAPTER
reduce the money to the British standard by the most common V^J^W
coins current in the province of Coimbetore; and these are the Oct. 16,17.
Sul(a)?y aud Vif-Raya Fanams: the former is worth at the British
mint 7TVo%-^- anc^ tne latter 5-Z££^d.; but where great precision
is not wanted, the one may be taken at 7~<£ and the other at 6d.
For changing a Rupee into copper money, the dealers in coin take
two Cask. If silver is wanted for gold, nothing is required; but
if gold is wanted for silver, nine Cash are required for every Pa-
goda. The shells called Couries are not current.
Road Measure.
Distances are reckoned by the time a man ought to take in
walking them. The distance a man can walk in the Hindu hour,
or twenty-four European minutes, is called Urnalvoully; which
must be what Major Rennell means by a coss of the Carnatic,
.whereof 37|go to a degree. 7|- Urnalboullies are reckoned 1 Cadam,
or day's-journey with loaded cattle. 2,-| Urnalimillies are equal to one
Sultany Coss, or Hardary. Coss, it must be observed, is a word from
the north of India.
The principal native officer here says, that people are now em- New mea-
; ployed in measuring the lands which belong to all the villages in valuation.
this lately acquired division of Major Macleod's district. The
measurement, however, will be by no means complete; as large
hills and wastes are not included within the boundaries of any. vil-
lage, and will not be comprehended in the accompts. Even within
the village boundaries it is only the lands that are considered arable,
or as capable of being made so, that are actually measured; steep
and rocky, places, are taken by conjecture. The people employed
to, measure are called P.cymashi (i. e. measurers); as while they mea-
sure the land they put on it a fair valued rent, which is to be that
levied on the farmers, as soon as the valuation is complete. In the
mean, while the cultivators pay the tax to government by an old