RHUMB A. 211 



the flow in the river-bed is insignificant 

 the bar is closed by a sandy beach, 

 and backwaters are formed parallel to 

 the shore wherever the level of the 

 adjacent land invites the overflow of 

 river water. There are consequently 

 many lagoons of varying size along 

 the twelve hundred miles of coast 

 between Pooree and Cape Comorin, all 

 owing their existence to the same 

 causes which, favoured by exceptional 

 conditions in Granjam, have pent up in 

 the depression between the hills and 

 the sea-shore the beautiful lake which 

 from the shape of its outline has 

 received the name of the Chilka or 

 Parrot. 



It has often been proposed to utilize 

 these backwaters by uniting them so 



