CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Maduba akd Trichinopoly. 



Arrive at Miulura — Peopling of India — The Dra vidian race — Brahmin 

 colonists in Southern India — Foimdation of Madura — Pandyan dynasty 

 — Tamil literature — Aghastya — Xaik dynasty — The Madura pagoda — 

 The Sangattar — • The Choultry — Tirumalla Naik's palace — Caste preju- 

 dices — Tricliinopoly — Coleroon anient — Rice cultivation — The palmyra 

 palm — Caroor — Ketiu-u to the Neilgherries — Shervaroy hills — Courtal- 

 lura Page 408 



CHAPTER XXV T. 



MySOBE AST) COOKG. 



Seegoor ghaut — Sandal-wood — Mysore — Seringapatam — Hoonsoor — The 

 tannerj' — Fraserpett — Mereara — The fort — The Rajahs of Coorg — The 

 Coorgs — Origin of the river Cauvery — Coorg — Climate — Cotfee cultiva- 

 tion — Sites for chiuchona-plautations — Caryota Urens — Yirarajcndrapett 

 — Cardamom cidtivation — Kumari — Poon, blackwood, and teak — Peppc r 

 cultivation in Malabar — Cannanore — Nuggur and Baba Bodeen hills — 

 Tlio Beelx>e of Cannanore — Compta — Sedashighnr — Arrive at Bombay 



432 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



The Mahabaleshwie Hills antd the Deccan. 



Journey from Bombay to Malcolm-penth — The Mahabaleshwur hills — The 

 village and its temples — Elevation of the hills — Formation — Soil — 

 Climate — Vegetation — Sites for chinchona-plantations — Paunchgunny — 

 Waee — Its temples — The babool-tree — Shirwul — The village system — 

 Village officials — Barra-balloota — Cultivators — Festivals — Crops and 

 liarvests — Poena — The Bhore ghaut — Return to Bombay . . . . 458 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Cultivation of the chinchona-plants in the Neilgherry hills, under the super- 

 intendence of Mr. Mc Ivor 483 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



Chinchona Clltivatiox. 



Ceylon — Sikkim — Bhotan — Khassya hills — Pegu — Jamaica — Conclu- 

 sion 509 



