APRIL— JUNE, 1857.] over the Annamullay Moitntains. 81 
in this Parish of some fifty houses, there are no less than three 
Churches. On enquiry however, it appeared that the whole res- 
pectability of the place depended upon its active smuggling trade, 
which works so successfully for those engaged, that its ecclesias- 
tical endowments are well supported. 
On the opposite side of the river, the Travancore Circar has an 
Establishment for working the neighbouring forests ; from which 
800 logs of Teak are annually exported. The Conservator has a 
bungalow here, and though the jungle begins at this point, it is 
not considered feverish at any season of the year. 
Elephants are caught near Malliatoor in pitfalls ; and after two 
years it is considered safe to use them in their old haunts. It is at 
this season that they are taken, the want of water in the jungles 
driving them to the large streams ; near the banks of which, the 
pits are dug. Fifteen elephants are kept at Malliatoor for the 
work in the forests ; but after the beginning of January, water 
becomes so scarce in the hills, that they can no longer be employ- 
ed. I find that there is a well-beaten path from this to Annamul- 
lay in the Coimbatore district which is kept open by the smugglers 
who bring Tobacco from the Palachy Talook, for sale in the Cochin 
Territory. 
On the 7th, I visited the Malliatoor Hill, which is only marked 
in the printed map as a Theodolite station, but is not named. 
For the first mile and a half, I walked over cultivated fields ; but 
beyond them, I began an ascent which continued for a mile, and 
brought me to the summit of a rocky knoll, having a command of 
an extensive view. To the westward I could distinguish every 
thing as far as the line of coast, but eastward, there was nothing 
to be made out, save a confusion of low hills, buried in the densest 
forest. None of these appeared to be of any considerable eleva- 
tion ; but in the sameness of colour, and absence of all marked 
features, it was difiicult to judge either of height or distance. 
On the rocky hill I had ascended, I found a very filthy little 
Church, which bears a character of such excessive sanctity, that it 
is said to be visited every Easter by from five to six thousand 
