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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER possessed this dignity ; and his children cultivate some land at
Nandavara, a village in the territory of the family.
Jan. 21.
Rdjdoi Fitly.
Hosso-betta is also frequently called Vitly Manjeswara, from its
having belonged to another Jain chief named Hegacly Raja of Vitly.
By the intervention of other districts it is however entirely sepa-
rated from the other territory which belonged to the Vitly Rajas,
the last of whom was hanged here about three months ago. Before
the war, he had lived at Tellichery, and received from the Company
a monthly pension of 200 Rupees. When the army of General
Harris approached Seringapatam, the Raja came here, and, having
collected a rabble, plundered the country with great success, and
then returned to Tellichery. After Canara became subject to the
Company, the people, who had been thus wantonly plundered, ap-
plied for redress, and Hegady was required to restore their property.
This he refused, and, having procured 800 muskets, it is said from
Mousa, he returned to Vitly, dressed up some ruffians like Sepoys,
and assumed the authority of a sovereign prince. For almost a
year he was able to skulk about the woods, and support himself by
plunder; but having been then taken, he was immediately hanged,
ever since which the country has been perfectly quiet.
Kankdnks The principal inhabitants of Hosso-betta, and indeed of many of
Goa G l°m ^ie towns m Tidava, are Kankdnies, or people descended from natives
of Kankdna. They say, that they fled hither, to avoid a persecution
a,tGovay (Goa), their native country. An order arrived from the
king of Portugal to convert all the natives. The viceroy, when
this order arrived, was, they say, a very lenient good man, and
permitted all the natives who chose to retire to carry their effects
with them, and allowed them fifteen days to arrange their affairs.
Accordingly, all the rich people, Brdhmans and Sudras, retired to
Tulava, with such of their property as they could in that time
realise, and they now chiefly subsist by trade. Both Brdhmans and
Sudras are called by the national appellation of Kankanies, and the
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"'wmmiww
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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER possessed this dignity ; and his children cultivate some land at
Nandavara, a village in the territory of the family.
Jan. 21.
Rdjdoi Fitly.
Hosso-betta is also frequently called Vitly Manjeswara, from its
having belonged to another Jain chief named Hegacly Raja of Vitly.
By the intervention of other districts it is however entirely sepa-
rated from the other territory which belonged to the Vitly Rajas,
the last of whom was hanged here about three months ago. Before
the war, he had lived at Tellichery, and received from the Company
a monthly pension of 200 Rupees. When the army of General
Harris approached Seringapatam, the Raja came here, and, having
collected a rabble, plundered the country with great success, and
then returned to Tellichery. After Canara became subject to the
Company, the people, who had been thus wantonly plundered, ap-
plied for redress, and Hegady was required to restore their property.
This he refused, and, having procured 800 muskets, it is said from
Mousa, he returned to Vitly, dressed up some ruffians like Sepoys,
and assumed the authority of a sovereign prince. For almost a
year he was able to skulk about the woods, and support himself by
plunder; but having been then taken, he was immediately hanged,
ever since which the country has been perfectly quiet.
Kankdnks The principal inhabitants of Hosso-betta, and indeed of many of
Goa G l°m ^ie towns m Tidava, are Kankdnies, or people descended from natives
of Kankdna. They say, that they fled hither, to avoid a persecution
a,tGovay (Goa), their native country. An order arrived from the
king of Portugal to convert all the natives. The viceroy, when
this order arrived, was, they say, a very lenient good man, and
permitted all the natives who chose to retire to carry their effects
with them, and allowed them fifteen days to arrange their affairs.
Accordingly, all the rich people, Brdhmans and Sudras, retired to
Tulava, with such of their property as they could in that time
realise, and they now chiefly subsist by trade. Both Brdhmans and
Sudras are called by the national appellation of Kankanies, and the
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