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into Wynaad. There is a large river in the monsoon, but in the dry 

 season there is very little water. 



6. Between the Cootyaddy and Beypoor rivers there are a number 

 of streams of inconsiderable size, except in the rains. 



7. Beypoor River. The mouth of this stream appears on sheet 

 No. 44, at lat. 11 10' W. Turning to sheet No. 61, it will be seen 

 that in length of course this is the largest of the Malabar rivers proper. 

 It is a tidal stream as far as Areacode, but in most seasons small boats 

 can go up as far as Edda, Mummah, and Maumbat. The whole of 

 the upper branches of this river, which spread out like a fan from the 

 Government teak plantations at Nellambur, are interesting from an 

 angler's point of view. There are bungalows at Areacode, Edda- 

 munnah, Nellambur, and Yeddakura, all on the main road leading 

 from south-east Wynaad by the Carcoor Ghat to the coast. 



8. Tiruangady River ^ a considerable stream, the upper waters of 

 which would repay investigation. There are bungalows at Mallapuram, 

 where a detachment of European troops is stationed, in the heart of 

 the Moplah country : and at Munjary and Angadipuram, and there 

 used to be another at Alanaloor. The country in this stream and 

 its branches to the west of Alanaloor and Pandekad, is highly cultivated, 

 there is therefore little likelihood of good fishing, except in the upper 

 waters. 



9. Ponany River, which runs parallel to the railway from Palgat 

 westward, is a large stream with a broad shallow sandy course. At 

 Cudalloor a large stream comes in from the north-west. The head 

 waters of this branch can be reached from Meonaur, where there is 

 a bungalow on the main road from Palgat to Calicut via Angadypuram. 

 Another branch comes in from south-east of Cottompally, and, turning 

 to sheet No. 62, it will be seen that the head waters of one branch 

 can be reached from Wurracunchairy, where there is a bungalow, and 

 of the other branch Colungodi, neither of these streams can, however, 

 be considered promising. 



10. The upper streams of the Cubbany,* Noogoo, and Moyaur, 



* W. W. H. tried the Cubbany in March, and did nothing as it was coloured. 



Of Cavery Falls G. writes that the time to see them is July when they are full, 

 and that they are free from fever from July to November. Consequently I should 

 think the best time to fish those localities would be from i5th September to the end 

 of November, as it is for the rivers on the west coast. 



