Chajt. xxiv. ribaton. Madura. Malabar. 309 



Higher up the same river arc Attapadi, Shermangundi, 

 Gopaneri, found mentioned in the Malabar District. From 

 Karamadi railway station carts can go, a native of the locality told 

 me, to Gopaneri, 15 miles, which is 1,'> miles from Attapadi, the 

 straight road being by Tholampolliam. 



S ';//. — There is a public bungalow here, within a ride OT 



drive, In miles, of Metapolliam, Between it and the Kanayam- 

 paliam anient, 5 miles, there is nice water, in which yon will find 

 (arnaiic Carp, but not nearly so many as at Ti-kampatti. A boat 

 is necessary. 



The Bawanny ordinarily clears from the monsoon floods in 

 September. 



Aninialtiix. — M. tells me he has caught a ."> lb. fish with paste 

 in the river at Animalai, and that the river is full of runs ami 

 rapids higher up, but that falls prevent the fish getting to the 

 higher river. Beware of fever. 



Minium District. 



The Vygay being generally a dry sandy bed only, you cannot 

 expect any Mahseer in that ; but you may get sport at the Pamben 

 channel with the Ba-mln, which see. 



Periar. — M., an K.E., tells me he caught any number of fish with 

 a fly in the Periar, near the site of the Periar project. My note 

 does not say what fish, unfortunately. 



On the Pulney hills in this district is a lake. I believe some 

 pains has been taken with the stocking of it, and much might be 

 done as suggested for the Nielgherries. I have never heard of any- 

 thing being caught in the Kodikanal Lake yet but a small sort of 

 Murral, under 1 foot in length, Ophiacephalvs punctatus, and 0. 

 gachua,ssiA in Tamil, I think, Korave. Of course they are not worth 

 catching. They are only fit for small native boys with a worm 

 and a pin. 



Malabar District. 



For this district I have had a memorandum kindly prepared for 

 me by W. L. I should premise that the Mahseer are seemingly 

 small, like the Caiiara Mahseer, and that the country, being Subject 

 to the same monsoon, the time is the same. The country being 

 Hatter than Caiiara, the lengths of tidal estuary are greater. 



