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The timber here is chiefly the following : 

 ^Pterocarpus marsupium. (Vengay.) 

 Conocarpus latifolius. (Veckalie.) 

 Grewia tilisefolia (Tarrada.) 

 Emblica officinalis. 

 Eriedelia. 



Terminalias, 2 : scarce. 

 Acacia Sundra (Baga.) 

 Acacia odoratissima. 



Dalbergia latifolia (Todakuttay) scarce and poor. 



Of the two Acacias, I observed several trees that had been fell- 

 ed and were being cut into small logs. 



On the slopes far down below Kookul in a northerly direction, 

 the jungle has been much cut, there has at one time been a good 

 quantity of Cungilium (Shorea robusta) in this locality, there are 

 however, only a few poor trees now left standing. This timber is 

 most greedily sought after by the Natives for house building. Fur- 

 ther down on the spurs near the plains, and below a hill called the 

 Koombootookee mallay, I found Teak. 



I visited the Mungapatty valley, lying to the West of the Pulney 

 range, here the timber has been much destroyed, to make way for 

 cultivation. There is no Teak here. Down the slopes to the S. 

 W. towards the Aggamullay hills, I found that the jungle had been 

 much cut, the spurs in some places are pretty thickly wooded, but 

 there is nothing of any value now standing. The slopes about 

 Yv^ollangum have been considerably cleared for cultivation. On 

 the lowermost spurs and small rocky hills between this village and 

 ' that of Vellay covay (near Periakolum) I found here and there 

 straggling Teak trees, and signs of a good deal having been cut. 



A good quantity of Teak has formerly been cut, about the pas3 

 from Periakolum up to the Kodakarnal, none however now re- 

 mains. 



All this Western portion of the Pulnies up to the Permaulmallay 

 and Cowanjee comprizes the higher range, and is generally called 

 the Verupatchy Hills. 



The higher ranges are from six to seven thousand feet in height, 

 the plateau at the top consists of undulating grassy Hills, similar to 



