Plate XII. 



View of Yercaud Lake and the Shevaroyen, 



The photograph, taken from Arthur's Seat near Yercaud, looks northward 

 across the lake to the highest point (5,300 ft.) on the Shevaroy plateau. The 

 view is intended to give an idea of the scenery formed by the weathering, at 

 an altitude of 4,000—5,000 feet, of a large uniform mass of the " intermediate " 

 varieties of the charnockite series. The plateau of the Nilgiris which is at 

 an elevation of about 7,000 — 8000 feet is not so well wooded, and consists of a 

 series of undulating turf-covered " downs " with c lumps of trees in the hollows. 



