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said to be very unhealthy. The breadth of the horse-shoe at the curve 
taking it straight across is about three to four miles, and diagonally it 
is about fifteen miles. The hills slope away towards both ends of the 
shoe. Santawaree on the slopes of the Poh'gar Hill Fort of Camron 
Droog is 4,000 feet above the- sea. A ghaut up which carts can travel 
leads from there to Collerhuity between three and four miles distant 
There is also an old ghaut that zigzags up the steepest part of the 
slopes passing below the peak of Collcr Nullcy. The rhododendron 
does not grow here, nor the wild strawberry, but the raspberry and 
the Nielgherry broad leaved blackberry are abundant, and branches 
of the trees are loaded with moss, lichens, and orchids. It is said 
that frost never appears there. There are no jackals on these hills. 
I noticed the Blackbird {Mern/d smiUina), the Yellow-billed Babbler 
{Maiacocirais nmiabariciis), the Bulbul {Hypsipetes nielghefnensis), the 
Cinnamon or Bronze-backed Pigeon {Carpopfi,aga cuprm\ the Painted 
Bush Quail {Perdkula €rythroryncha\ and other hill birds common to 
the NielgherFies and other mountain ranges. Black Eagles {Neopns 
malaiensis\ Crows and Kites were plentiful, but 1 saw no Sparrows. 
There arc no black monkeys, but the Grey Langur [Presbytis priamus) 
is very numerous." 
"On the i6th of May, whilst exploring on the hills above Muddi- 
kal, I discovered a very fine waterfall. The upper falls are about 300 
yards above the lower, but both were visible from where I was stand- 
ing. In the upper falls, the water comes rushing over a precipitous 
rock in great volumes and falls without a break for 240 feet, then 
rushes through a mass of huge rocks, forming fine rapids to the lower 
fall, where it precipitates itself 180 feet into the valley belov\f, I 
had a hot struggle over the slippery grass, and through the jungle 
to the upper falls, and on my way came on the body of a sambur 
killed by a tiger — nothing could exceed the beauty of the scene from 
the upper falls, 
*'0n the 20th I left these hills without much regret, the utter 
failure of the rains prevented me from getting any sport, and my 
health was very indifferent during the whole of my sojourn. On 
the 25th I arrived at Belloor, remaining a day at the Bungalow so 
