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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. $
as at Madras; and small fishing canoes go through it with ease. CHAPTER
At Urigara the sand bank increases in width, and admits of some , XIV-
rice fields, and plantations of coco-nut trees. There is here no Jan. iQ.
village; but there are a few huts inhabited by Moplays, who now
possess the sea-coast of this part of Malayala, as the Nairs do the
interior. On the side of the inlet, opposite from Urigara, is Nili-
swara, now a Moplay village, but formerly the residence of a Raja,
who derived his title from the place, which is called after one of
the names of the god Siva. Although the Nairs are still more nu-
merous than the Moplays, yet during Tippoo's authority, while not
protected by government, the Hindus were forced to skulk in the
woods, and all such as could be caught were circumcised. It must
be observed, that however involuntary this conversion may be, it
is perfectly effectual, and the convert immediately becomes a good
Mussulman, as otherwise he would have no cast at all; and, al-
though the doctrine of cast be no part of the faith of Muhammed,
it has in India been fully adopted by the low ranks of Mussulmans.
On entering Canara, an immediate change in the poliee takes place.
No person is here permitted to swagger about with arms: these
may be kept in the house for protection against thieves; but
they must not be brought into public, for the encouragement of
assassination.
17th January.—I went about ten miles to Hosso-durga, or Pungal- jan# 37-:
cot ay; both of which signify the new fort, the former in the dialect APPearanc«
J o j ofthecoun-
of Karnata, and the latter in the Malayala language. The country try.
near the sea, most of the way that I came to-day, is low and sandy;
but much of it is rice-land,'] intermixed with which is much
sandy land, too poor, the natives say, to produce coco-nut palms.
The whole appears to be much neglected, owing to] a want of
inhabitants.
Towards Hosso-durga, the dry-field rises into gentle swells; yet
it is too hard and dry for plantations. It is now waste ; but, when
there were plenty of people, it was cultivated for llagy (Cynosurus
Vol. III. C
as at Madras; and small fishing canoes go through it with ease. CHAPTER
At Urigara the sand bank increases in width, and admits of some , XIV-
rice fields, and plantations of coco-nut trees. There is here no Jan. iQ.
village; but there are a few huts inhabited by Moplays, who now
possess the sea-coast of this part of Malayala, as the Nairs do the
interior. On the side of the inlet, opposite from Urigara, is Nili-
swara, now a Moplay village, but formerly the residence of a Raja,
who derived his title from the place, which is called after one of
the names of the god Siva. Although the Nairs are still more nu-
merous than the Moplays, yet during Tippoo's authority, while not
protected by government, the Hindus were forced to skulk in the
woods, and all such as could be caught were circumcised. It must
be observed, that however involuntary this conversion may be, it
is perfectly effectual, and the convert immediately becomes a good
Mussulman, as otherwise he would have no cast at all; and, al-
though the doctrine of cast be no part of the faith of Muhammed,
it has in India been fully adopted by the low ranks of Mussulmans.
On entering Canara, an immediate change in the poliee takes place.
No person is here permitted to swagger about with arms: these
may be kept in the house for protection against thieves; but
they must not be brought into public, for the encouragement of
assassination.
17th January.—I went about ten miles to Hosso-durga, or Pungal- jan# 37-:
cot ay; both of which signify the new fort, the former in the dialect APPearanc«
J o j ofthecoun-
of Karnata, and the latter in the Malayala language. The country try.
near the sea, most of the way that I came to-day, is low and sandy;
but much of it is rice-land,'] intermixed with which is much
sandy land, too poor, the natives say, to produce coco-nut palms.
The whole appears to be much neglected, owing to] a want of
inhabitants.
Towards Hosso-durga, the dry-field rises into gentle swells; yet
it is too hard and dry for plantations. It is now waste ; but, when
there were plenty of people, it was cultivated for llagy (Cynosurus
Vol. III. C