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which most likely does not in any of the peaks exceed 3,500 feet above" 

 sea level, if it attain so great an elevation. 



Unlike the other ranges, it has no general name among the natives, 

 but every principal division of the range bears a different appellation. 

 Thus the extreme southern and south-west part goes by the name of the 

 Pereya Kalroyen or the Great Kalroyen, and from 

 this being the loftiest part of the range, has been 

 (by us) selected to be applied collectively to the whole series of divisions. 

 The low western part is known as the Chinna or Ijittle Kalroyenmullay ; 

 the north-western extremity is called the Seel Naickenmullay or Aria- 

 go wndenmuUay. The north-east end has the name of Cooremboo 

 GowndenmuUay, while the south-eastern part goes under the appellation 

 of the Saria or Yaria Gownden MuUay.'^ 



In this range, as in the Shevaroys, and as we shall see presently in the 

 Summit plateaux ^^^^ of the KolymuUays and Patchamullays, the 

 greater part of the mass has a decided slope to the 

 east, while only two streams of any size descend from the western slopes. 

 The eastern and northern sides of the range are deeply cut by larg-e 

 valleys, some of great depth, as, for example, those of Kulpuddayoor, 

 and Muttaparae and Toombay, which supply large streams uniting even- 

 tually to feed the Munnimootuur, the principal tributary of the Vellaur. 

 When seen from a distance from the low country near Tiagar or Ellavana- 

 sur, the eye is struck by the nearly uniform levels both of the mass and 

 of the various peaks, the summits of which appear nearly in one line. 

 There is hardly any thing like a true plateau on the whole range, for 

 the valleys are eroded into basin-shaped depressions. There are many 

 Mullayali villages scattered over the range, still, from its great extent, 

 the jungle is very extensive, and often, when containing much bamboo. 



* Unless these names are known, it is almost hopeless to try to elicit any informa- 

 tion from the natives. 



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