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the Palghat valley which at their junction about 15 miles below Pol- 

 ghatvherry form the great Ponany river, [and some of which reach the 

 southern boundary between Coch'm and Malahar about one hundred 

 and ten miles to the southward of Calicut^—\.\iQ places and streams 

 which afford the largest supply of gold dust are the following : — 



" The Toodakull river which rises in the Koondah mountains, and 

 after dividing: the Wallooicmmd talook from the taiook of Xerinya- 

 naad falls into the great Ponany river at Moocuuhul, about two 

 miles north-east of TurtuUah. 



" The Arli-paro.Dnhur a rivulet which flows through Walloon (xno,-i>d 

 and part oi J\Winganaad, and joins the Toodahult river about two 

 miles east of Ckerpoolchery. 



" The Arnakyem river which has its source in the 5Iookoorty 

 and Koondah mountains. It forms the boundary between the 

 Ernaad and Walloowmaad talooks, and after passing the towns of 

 Mala-pooram and Teroorangaddy meets the sea at Caraloondy. 



" The Carcatode stream which rises in the MooJcoorty valley and 

 joins the Amakyem river near Pynaad in the Ernaad talooL 



" The gold found at the places above mentioned is the purest 

 that is procurable in the district, its touch being equal to 9f . 



" The sea beach from the town oi Parparangady to Caraloondy 

 and thence to Beypoor^ extending about eight miles in length, 

 the latter place beiug seven miles south of Calicut. Here the 

 gold is equal to 8 J, and it is evidently washed down from the 

 mountains during the great freshes in the south-west monsoon, 

 and after being carried cut by the flocd beyond the mouths of 

 the Bey poor and Caraloondy rivers it is thrown back by the ac- 

 tion of the surf, in stormy weather and deposited on the sands much 

 higher up than the sea usually reaches when the weather is moderate. 



Kutchamhdra on the bank of the Coodarapoya river, which 

 comes from the MooTcoorty valley, and unites with the Beypocr ri- 

 ver about two miles below Nelamhoor. The touch of the gold found 

 here and in the bed of the Coodarapoya river is nearly 9^. 



" The Carumpoya and Poonapoya, or Golden River, both which 

 streams take their rise in a high range of mountains called the Paral 

 Mallah situated north-east of Mookoorty, and forming part of the 

 main chain of the A^eilgherries ; when collected in one body near 

 Poolliumparra in TJ'ynaad the stream receives the name of the Paim- 

 dy-poya, but this on approaching the Ghauts is again divided into two 

 streams, and the main branch; called ia the Nehmloor valley the 



