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dacea, enlisted this man and iucreased his pay, desiring him to come and visit him daily.
16. While the watchman was thus in his service, he one day called this Obadu secretly, and told him clearly all the story about Imadacea. He added, if you will put the village [of Nimbacallu} into my power I will reward you. fe preseed him much : where- upon [Obadu] went twice or thrice inte that village, and inspected its state, aud yeturned to Basavappa. Then he carried Basa- vappa to the village of Ciidéern, by way of a stroll,* and halted there for one day. He assembled the people of the village, and raised a mob. Hence he made a rapid journey hy night to Nimbacallu, aud utterly plundered that village: he carried off both the cattle aud the inhabitants, He scized [dame] linadacea and returned to Kuidéra, Tle levied fines on the tenauts, and realized some money, and assigned over the rest of the money to his soldiers, He sold off the cattle and the sheep,f and collected the money. Je carried off Imadacca to Anuantapurazn,
When Cari Ramuppa, laird (desai) of Hosoor, heard of this, (*} he wrote letters to Basavappa, begging him to look back} to their common ancestors, and send back dame Imadacca. He sent [this message} by the bands of fit and respectable messengers. When Basavappa had read the letters, he exacted four thousand Rupees from Imadacca, and having presented her honourable gilts, and baving also rewarded O'badu the watchman [for his treachery |, and having pacified her, be sent her with bim home to their town.
17. Afterwards, Murari Rao [the Marata general] of Gutui was marching through (Upparia pall) Navigators-town on his way to Penugonda, plundering the villages on his way, He halted near Bomma partt, and Basavappa, on hearing of it, summoned the (sipahilu) troops in his own employ. He said {The Marata] has
- Swart meant for (11) Sawari, an exeursion on herse back.
+ Sheep are rarcly mentioned ay wealth by the [indus in the country where these occurrences took place. Emumense flocks are reared solely for the purpose of uanuring land; and to this end the flocks are lurcd ent to farmers who fuld the sheep on their fields.
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7 Lit: ty keep an cye en the eldeis,
