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MANUAL OF THE NILA.GIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. IX. Nilagiris, drawn up by the late Mr. Breeks^ under the orders 

 of the Madras Government, in pursuance of the general instruc- 

 tions of the Government of India, and to it I am mainly- 

 indebted, but have also made constant reference to the works of 

 Messrs. Metz, Marshall, Harkness, Baikie, Ouchterlony, Jervis, 

 Caldwell, Congreve, Shortt and Pope, and to several reports 

 furnished to the Madras Government at different times. 



As regards the local distribution of the tribes, it may be roughly 

 stated that the Irulas and Kurumbas are scattered about the 

 slopes, that the Badagas occupy the whole middle plateau, except- 

 ing, only, tracts in the north-eastern angle of Peranganad called 

 Kodanad, as well as a small extent of pasture land in the vicinity 

 of four mands ^ near Coonoor and Hulikal, which belong to the 

 Todas, and the lands attached to the six large villages of the 

 Kotas, of which two are in Peranganad, two in Todanad, one in 

 Mekanad, and one in the Kiindas. 



Ethnology. 



Local 



distribution. 



Tdda Villages. 



