1848.] 



The Neilgherry Mountains. 



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small streams, except near Pykara where there^is a good ford across 

 the Moyaar, over a dyke of trap rock which runs at right angles to 

 the course of the stream. 



^ . The only ferry on the Hills is that near the 



Femes. 



public bungalow at Pykara, for carrying the road 

 to Neddiwuttum across the Moyaar. It is used by travellers in pa- 

 lanquins and on horseback, as also by carts ; but the ford, which is 

 close by, affords the readiest means of crossing to foot passengers. 

 The ferry boat which consists of a platform laid on two canoes or 

 barges, and is moved by hauUng on a cable of twisted rattan stretch- 

 ed from bank to bank, is the property of Government, and two ferry men 

 to work it are maintained at the public expense, receiving 6 rupees 

 each per mensem. No toll is levied on passengers making use of it. 



There is a substantial brick brido-e at Coonoor 



Bridges- . . 



crossing the great stream which descends the pass 

 at that place ; another on the Neddiwuttum road about half way be- 

 tween Ootacamund and Pykara ; one at Ootacamund connecting the 

 extremities of embankments run out from bank to bank of the lake to 

 form a road across it ; and another at the entrance of the cantonment 

 by the Coonoor road over the stream which feeds the lake. These 

 bridges are all single arched, but the span is inconsiderable, and they 

 are not worthy of more particular description. Two large and sub- 

 stantial timber bridges have been recently constructed on the Koon- 

 dah road, one over the principal feeder of the Bowany (called by the 

 Burghers the " Porthy" or " Porutty" river) and the other at the 

 entrance of the " long valley" on the Koondahs, which, together with 

 the bridges which occur along the Sispara pass, will be described in 

 the Koondah memoir. 



There are innumerable small jungle wood bridges upon all the 

 lines of road over petty streams and nullahs, which do not demand 

 particular description. 



Revenue derived from The net revenue of the post office for the 



Post Office, Rupees oi.-i^ i io-i^r j 



13,000. year endmg 3 1st December, 1847, arter de- 



ducting abstracts for the year amovmted to rupees 12,953-12-5. 



In addition to the land tax or assessment al- 



Taxation. 



ready fully described in the Table at page 26, 

 the quit rent on lands held by Europeans, and the tax on the Todars, 

 buffaloes, described at page 56, may be enumerated the excise or 

 tax on arrack, sold on the Hills, which is collected by farming out the 



