[17] “Gazetteer of Malabar,” 1908, i. 132.

[18] “Mysore and Coorg Manual,” 1878, iii. 265.

[19] The Kaniyans of the west coast are exorcisers.

[20] “Mysore and Coorg Manual,” 1878, iii. 264–5.

[21] “Ind. Ant.,” 1881, x. 366.

[22] Ibid., 1876, v. 22.

[23] “Ind. Ant.,” 1878, vii. 177.

[24] “Gazetteer of the Anantapur District,” 1905, i. 179.

[25] “Manual of the Cuddapah District,” 1875, 284.

[26] Lieutenant-General F. F. Burton, “An Indian Olio,” 307.