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  in 
  a 
  sinuous 
  line 
  through 
  the 
  places 
  noted 
  below* 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Naggery. 
  To 
  

   the 
  west 
  the 
  boundary 
  is 
  another 
  sinuous 
  line 
  running 
  south-south-east 
  

   from 
  Nao" 
  o, 
  ery 
  to 
  Arconum, 
  and 
  thence 
  south-west 
  till 
  it 
  strikes 
  the 
  

   Palar 
  river 
  a 
  little 
  east 
  of 
  Arcot. 
  

  

  The 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  thus 
  denned 
  is 
  about 
  2,600 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  features 
  of 
  this 
  area 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  gently 
  undulating 
  

   inclined 
  plane 
  sloping 
  gradually 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  sea, 
  but 
  broken 
  through 
  in 
  

   several 
  places 
  by 
  wide, 
  shallow, 
  river-valleys. 
  

  

  Only 
  the 
  north-west 
  and 
  south-east 
  parts 
  are 
  hilly, 
  the 
  former 
  being 
  

  

  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Sattavedu 
  and 
  Alicoor 
  hills, 
  

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  while 
  the 
  latter, 
  or 
  south-east 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  area, 
  

  

  is 
  traversed 
  by 
  several 
  ridges 
  of 
  low 
  hills 
  running 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  coast 
  for 
  about 
  twenty 
  miles, 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  miles 
  inland. 
  

  

  A 
  smaller 
  set 
  of 
  parallel 
  ridges 
  occurs 
  around 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  Chingleput. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  several 
  detached 
  and 
  isolated 
  hills, 
  as 
  the 
  

  

  Goodoovanchary, 
  Vendaloor, 
  and 
  Mullapode 
  hills, 
  and 
  the 
  small 
  groups 
  

  

  of 
  hills 
  at 
  Cuddapary 
  choultry 
  and 
  Palaveram. 
  Besides 
  these 
  are 
  a 
  

  

  few 
  rocky 
  hills 
  of 
  trifling 
  elevation 
  scattered 
  about 
  among 
  those 
  just 
  

  

  mentioned, 
  as 
  the 
  Paliacaranei 
  hills 
  and 
  St. 
  Thomas' 
  Mount. 
  None 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  hills 
  above 
  mentioned 
  attain 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  much 
  exceeding 
  700 
  

  

  feet 
  above 
  sea-level. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  rivers 
  draining 
  this 
  area 
  are 
  the 
  Palar 
  in 
  the 
  south, 
  

  

  the 
  Corteliar 
  and 
  Naggery 
  rivers 
  conjointly 
  in 
  

   Rivers- 
  

  

  the 
  central 
  parts, 
  and 
  the 
  Narnaveram 
  river 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  northern, 
  all 
  falling 
  into 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Bengal. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  smaller 
  streams 
  falling 
  directly 
  into 
  the 
  sea, 
  two 
  only, 
  the 
  Adyar 
  

  

  (or 
  Sydrapettah) 
  and 
  the 
  Cuuni 
  (or 
  Triplicane), 
  are 
  worthy 
  of 
  separate 
  

  

  mention, 
  and 
  both 
  of 
  these 
  fall 
  into 
  the 
  sea 
  south 
  of 
  Fort 
  St. 
  George. 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  ruus 
  from 
  Meddpolliam 
  to 
  Cimmium- 
  

   haucum 
  nnd 
  Kolladum, 
  thence 
  round 
  the 
  Sattavedu 
  hills 
  to 
  Corywale 
  and 
  Vembaucum 
  ; 
  

   it 
  then 
  ruus 
  round 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Alicoor 
  hills, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   alluvial 
  valley 
  stretching 
  up 
  to 
  Naggery. 
  

  

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