XIV CONTENTS, 



TRAVELS IN INDIA. 



CHAPTEE XXI. 



Malabae. 



Calicut — Houses and gardens — Population of Malabar — Namburi Brahmins 

 — Nairs — Tiars — Slaves — Moplahs — Assessment of rice-fields, of gar- 

 dens, of dry crops — Other taxes — Voyage up the Beypoor river — The 

 Conolly teak plantations — Wundoor — Backwood cultivation — Sholacul — 

 Sispara ghaut — Blackwood — Scenery — Sispara — View of the Nellem- 

 boor valley — Avalanche — Arrival at Ootacamimd Page 341 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Neilgherry Hills. 



Extent — Formation — Soil — Climate — Flora — Hill tribes — Todars — An- 

 tiquities — Badagas — Koters — Kurumbers — Irulas — Enghsh stations — 

 Kotergherry — Ootacamund — Coonoor — Jakatalla — Government gardens 

 at Ootacamund and Kalhutty — Mr. Mc Ivor — Coffee cultivation — Rules 

 for sale of waste lands — Forest conservancy . . 358 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Selection of Sites for Chinchona-Plantations on the Neiloherry 



Hills. 



The Dodabetta site — The Neddiwuttum site 379 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Journey to the Pulney Hills. 



Coonoor ghaut — Coimbatore — Pulladom — Cotton cultivation — Dharapurum 



— A marriage procession — Dindigul — Ryotwarry tenure — Pulney hills 



— Kodakarnal — Extent of the Pulneys — Formation — Soil — Climate — 

 Inhabitants — Flora — Suitability for chinchona cultivation — Forest con- 

 servancy — Anamallay hills 390 



