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44. The principal Forts on the passes of the Ambravutiy River 

 are 



Karur. — A very important Fort enclosing the Temple : the 



walls have been entirely demolished. 

 Darapuram. — A large mud Fort, some of the mud bastions 



only standing. 



Kolambam. — A large Fort, and one of the last at which there 

 was any fighting. It has been entirely demolished. 

 At Coimbatore there was a large Fort : it was demolished a few 

 years ago — and some new streets built on its site. 



At Pollachi also there was a large Fort which was destroyed 

 about ten years ago. 



Hill Forts. 



45. The most interesting of these is Bagasuran Kotta — better 

 known as the Drug. It is on a high point of the Nilgiris on the 

 south side of the Kunur Valley. 



Another Fort on the Nilgiris is Male Kotta near Kulhutti. 



In the valley of the Moyar near a place called Attiltorai, there 

 is a Fort upon the top of an isolated hill rising about 1,500 feet 

 above the valley : it is almost inaccessible. 



Near the village of A'namal and upon the top of a small hill, 

 called Jain-Kal-Drug, there are some lines of fortification. 



Upon a high conical hill near the Ambravati river — and near 

 the Fort of A'camalais there is a Fort called Chakragiri Drug. 



46. All these hill Forts are, I believe, in a condition very little 

 different from that in which they were left by their last occupants ; 

 but the only one I have examined is that near Anamalai. 



They are not likely to suffer from any hand except that of time. 

 Palaces. 



47. The only Palace in this District is that of Coimbatore. In 

 nothing is it a Palace except in name. 



The outer walls enclose an oblong space divided into two small 

 Courts, with small dark rooms on only two sides. 



The outer walls are brick and mud — the inner walls are mud 

 alone — there is some dressed stone in the plinth— and some short 

 posts of beautiful teak supporting the roof. 



