Description of the 



[No. S3, 



miles, and is nearly equally divided between the Beeby of Cannanore 

 and the district of Canara.* 



Unlike coral formations of this description the islands and reefs on 

 which they stand lie 15 or 20 miles distant from each other and are 

 all separated by channels of great breadth and perfectly free from 

 shoals and rocks. With one exception they are out of sight of each 

 other. 



* The following is Lieutenant Wood's Tabular list of the Islands. Jour. R. Geog. Soc. 

 vol. vi. p. 30. 



LAKERADEEVH ARCHIPELAGO. 



No. 



Islands. 



Names. 



Anderot 



CabSrettoe 



Akhatoe 



Kdlpanoe 



Ahmanoe 



Kadgong 



Kerten 



Shait-tu-lacum 



Sher^ah 



Tatacura 



Soilee 



Tennakerry 



Bangaram 



Battera 



Cabaretoe Feetce 

 Kalpance-Feetce 

 Akhatoe Feetoe 



To whom 

 belonging. 



1 r 



Bebee or 

 ! Ranee J 

 ofCan- \ 

 nanore. 



J I 



Ostensibly | 

 > British. < 



Si 



Population. 



1 ^ 



4 



5 



6 



Inhabi- 

 tants. 



Origin. 



Reli- 

 gion. 



Sect. 



1,800 









1,200 









1,300 



nJ 







800 

 800 



ilabar Co 



[ahomeda 



Mapply. 



30 









350 









300 









Articles of Commerce 



Exports. 



i> s 



f w C 



^ o 

 _. O"^ 



oS y 0) 

 . O eS 



.^-a S . 



O C „ 0) 



":5 'ft 



O S bJDQJ 



Imports 



6,580 Total. 







Uninhabited. 



Produce cocoanuts, an 

 are visited for the coir an 

 nuts by boats from th 

 j other islands. 





Islands forming sand- 

 banks. 



As yet un- 

 covered with 

 vegetation. 



1 





N. B. a, pronounced as in the French — fable, 



a, its sound in the English— fate. 

 No. 7 and 11 as French words. 



