^OLIAN FORMATIONS. 89 



the village of Pan jell; there the coast dune becomes rather dis- 

 continuous, but the teri continues in a very narrow strip skirting the. 

 south side of the western limestone plateau at Kudung Kulam. It 

 then becomes rather intermittent, but re-appears feebly to the north of 

 Idindan Karai (Idding Kurra). 



Beyond the Viziapatti 

 (Vissiavethee) creek both 

 the coast dune and teri re- 

 \ lu^"^ appear in force on its 



, ^^ '*^^ , north side, and the former 



^*, "^^^ ' ^ rises to the height of some 



rf Jr. #k V^ 80 feet above sea level as 



'|l^ ^i it approaches the village 



¥^ 1 ^ Kutt«n of Kuttan Kuli 



4 K'lliteri. (p^othaungculle). 



1 ' This teri is of the darkest 



\ ^ red colour that I saw, and 



the sand much the most 

 highly ferruginous, con- 

 taining as it does a very 

 large percentage of mag- 

 netic iron sand. The 

 height of the teri appears 

 :.^,^-: to have been considerably 



greater at one time, but 

 has in parts been greatly 

 and visibly diminished by 

 -; wind action. Many of 



^■^ the palmyras or fan palms 



^ . ^ which grow on the teri 



have had the sand denu- 

 ded away from around 

 their roots till they now 

 ( 89 ) 



