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The Wynaad is a district of the Madras Presi- 

 dency in the Collectorate of Malabar, about 70 

 miles long, and averaging about 25 in width. It 

 lies above the Western Ghauts, within the 1 1 and 

 12 of north latitude, and is bounded on the north 

 and east by Coorg, Mysore, and the Neilgherries. 

 It is, for the sake of convenience rather than 

 officially, divided into north, south and south-east 

 Wynaad. The district contains no town deserving 

 of the name, though Manantoddy in the north, 

 Culputty in the south, and Goodaloor in the south- 

 east division, would perhaps be so styled by 

 their inhabitants. The principal of these, Manan- 

 toddy, was formerly garrisoned by a native In- 

 fantry detachment, under the command of a Euro- 

 pean officer, and figures in the despatches of 

 Colonel Wellesley, written in the time of the wars 

 between the British and Hyder AH and his son 

 Tippoo Saib ; no troops have, however, been kept 

 there for some years now. The Cutcherry, Police 

 and Post-offices, with the Travellers' Bungalow, are 

 the principal buildings, but there are besides 

 three or four European residences situated on emi- 

 nences in the immediate neighbourhood, a good 

 native bazaar, one or two general stores kept by 

 Parsees, and finally a club-house, which is the 

 rendezvous of the planters from the surrounding 

 districts, when business, or the desire for a little 



