CHAPTEE XII. 



Inteodtjctoet to the Tables oe Eoxttes. 



The several routes to the Neilgherries have been so mate- 

 rially altered since Dr. Baikie's time, as to render it neces- 

 sary to substitute the following remarks and Tables for 

 those contained in the former work. 



There are three points which afford the readiest, and in 

 fact, almost the only access to the Hills, from Calcutta, and 

 Bombay : — Madras, on the Eastern coast ; Calicut and Can- 

 nanore, or Tellicherry, on the Western.* 



On arriving at Madras, intending visitors to the Hills 

 generally proceed via Arcot, Bangalore and Mysore, and the 

 routes (in the Tables,) leading to those places, will guide 

 them ; and on application to the Post Office at Madras, they 

 win be furnished with all information necessary as to the 

 course to be pursued (until the railroad and its branches are 

 finished) in laying a dawk from Arcot to Salem, or from 

 Madras to Trichinopoly direct, with routes to those places ; 

 the Tables shew the routes from thence to the Hills as now 

 existing. 



When the railroad via Arcot, to which place it has al- 

 ready been completed, is continued (and it is now in rapid 

 progress) to Calicut, with branches to " Meetapollium" and 

 " Seeramogay," at the base of the HiUs, passing Salem, with 

 a branch to Bangalore, and one to Trichinopoly (as shewn 

 * See the Outline Map shewing the routes to the Hills. 



