ing the letter, (according to the orders received from Murari Rao

regarding this) sent for Sidda Ramapa who was in the fort(*) [of Hirehal] : they presented him with suitable clothes, vessels, &c.,, with some horses and men, and sent him to Anantapuram.

17. Then [raja] Sidda Ramapa set out from thence, on the Sth of the crescent moon in Margasira [4th Dec. 1753]. On the 12th he reached Korakolla, arid next day came to Kuderu where he halted. Next day the 14th of the light fortnight [Sunday 9th Dec. 1753] he [meaning Basavapa] performed the feast to Saint Sangam Eswar: and on the [next day] full moon, in a fortunate hour at noon, at the time when the (vadam) cables of his majesty the god's car were laid hold of,* Basavapa with his men and horsemen issued from the village, and met the procession at Cats-mount (pilli gutta) to the west of Anantapuram : he conveyed Sidda Ramapa along and caused him to behold the god during the time of the car procession ; then conveying him into the fort, he seated [the raja] on the throne, while soldiers, militia, and ministers all paid their homage : and [the Protector] bestowed vests and tambulams [see No. 1 chap. Y.] appropriately, and ushered [them] into the (petta) town. Thence Sidda Ramappa proceeded into the palace. This was in the year Srimukha. [SS. 1675. A. D. 1753.] On that day he was crowned king of the realm. | He appointed his brother-in-law, Cari-huli Basavappa as his (dalavai) General. Thus he ruled the country. After a short time he caused the breach to be repaired which was made in the bank of the Buccapatnam tank.

1. Afterwards, in a few days, Murari Rao [the Marata general] of Gutti gave two thousand horse, and four thousand foot to Elias

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• The cables by which the people drag the car of a god. Vadam is a Tamil word for the Telugu moku. Virgil says Gaudent tractarc rudcntcs All the verbs, set out, reached, &c. are, in the original, participles : having set out, &c.

f Some of the Saxon king* ruled states not larger than the realm" here described.