4 GKOLOOY OF rniciiixopoLY, &c. [Chap. I. 



parts. The Pythoorraullay is connected with the small plateau above 

 spoken of, lying" south of Jyelputty. 



h. — The Ellumhaloov hill^ an outlier of the Patchamullays. 



%. — The Iroor and Cliuttramanny group of hills, south of the 

 Patchamullays . 



Distinct from any of these ranges is a series of more or less isolated 

 hills of some magnitude^ lying about half way between the Kalroyen 

 range and the sea. These are the hills south and south-west of the 

 famous Gingee Hill Fort^ and are generally known as the Gingee hills. 

 Gingee Fort, however, lies several miles beyond the northern boundary 

 of the district now under description. 



Besides the mountains and hills thus enumerated, there are a 

 number of smaller isolated elevations, dotted about the low countiy, 

 which will be referred to frequently in these pages, but which are 

 not of sufficient size to be considered important physical features. 



Holding a position intermediate in elevation between the moun- 

 tains and the low country, we have the table- 

 Baramahal plateau. 



land formed by the southern end of the Bara- 



mahal terrace, which rises up gradually from north to south from the 

 valley of the Punniar river to the foot of the Shevaroys and the 

 Darmahpoor range. This southern part of the table-land is generally 

 a very stony plain covered with stunted jungle and broken by a few 

 low rocky hills. Near Darmahpoor, and at the foot of the Shevaroys, 

 the greater thickness of soil renders the country much more fniitful. 

 The table-land slopes to the east, and is joined to the Payen Ghat, or 

 proper low country, by the Chungama Pass,^ through which the Pun- 

 niar flows towards the coast. The southern side of this plateau is 

 connected with the lower country by means of the Mooroorj)utty 

 Kanava (or pass), through which the Railway descends towards Salem. 



* Through this pass in the last century Hyder Ali more than ouce poured down 

 his armies on the hapless Carnatic. 



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