ccliii 13th.— Lieut. Sim gave me 10 star Pagodas with a let- ter to Mr. Thackeray, assistant Collector at Tanjore^ in onh-r to sex ;i particular account of the Puduvul Gopo- ram of Buddha vArich is situated about a quarter of a mile North of Naga pat nam together with ihe Coins of Kari- cal, Nagur and other places. 14th. — I lift Tranqnebar and went to Karical 5 miles South, [ went by the Sea side and searched for Coins up- ou the heights* there but could iiud none, bought some Coins iu the Bazar. 15th.— Left Karical and arrived at Nagapatam at 8 miles South by the road of Nagur } collecting some Coins on the way in the Bazar. 16th to 17th.— Waited on Mr. Thackeray and deli- vered Lieutenant Sim's letter to him who on perusal gave me an order to the Village people, together with a Peon, and ordered me to shew him all the Histories and Curiosities, I am collecting in his District, with which 1 complied and took leave of him to go to the neighbouring villages. 18th to 20th.— I copied the Sthala Pur a nam of Sunder Jlaj-t Swami and Kanj/arohen Swami of Nagapatam ; and the Sdpi Sastram or art of making Statues for theBouddhas and Jainas and constructing L)eoalams, &c. together with the account of Puduvole Gopuram which says that while the Bouddha Rajas were ruling in the com- mencement of the Salivahan Sakam they built the Temples at TtruxAyat^ Kelananamchari, Nelapadi, Maradambat and other places together with a large Gopuram at a quarter of a" mile North from Nagapatam and carved the Images according to the Bouddah Sastram and built a large Town, performed every kind of ceremonies to the God, and ruled there ; As the Bouddhas used to eat Fish, there arose a great differ-
- The Heights so frequently mentioned are Sand Bunks formed
by Sand Drifts, and the accumulation of Sand thrown iu on the Coast by the Convulsion and Irruption of the Sea that at some remote pe- riod appears to hare overflown the whole line of Sea Coast from—' —-to " C. M.
