[24] Journey through Mysore, Canara, and Malabar.

[25] Rev. H. Jensen. Classified Collection of Tamil Proverbs, 1897.

[26] Manual of the North Arcot district.

[27] Gazetteer of the Trichinopoly district.

[28] For this note I am indebted to Mr. N. Subramani Aiyar.

[29] Madras Census Report, 1891.

[30] Mokhalingam is in Ganjam, not Vizagapatam.

[31] Place of meeting, which is a large tamarind tree, under which councils are held.

[32] Gazetteer of the Madura district.

[33] Gazetteer of the Madura district.