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The education of females is almost entirely confined in this district to the dancing women, who are generally of the Kykeler caste, a class of weavers. There are exceptions to this rule, but the numbers are too insignificant to require notice.
There is a school for teaching English in the town of Coimbatore, which is superintended by an English writer belonging to this Cutcheree. Coimbatore, (Signed) J. SULLIVAN, 23rd November 1822. Principal Collector. (Statements on following pages) 104