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in, and doubtless the hill men have, in their periodical hunts, taken 
advantage of this and captured^ or so disturbed the sambur as to 
cause them to desert these high lands. Bison come up at times in 
considerable numbers ; but while I was on the hills^ only a few were 
seen ; elephants cross over from one great forest to another ; but they 
generally travel during the night, and are therefore seldom seen. 
The other animals and birds found on this range are similar to those 
met with on the Nielghcrries and Pulnics. 
" It is worthy of note^ that neither on the An nam ul lays or 
Pulnies is the edible wild strawberry to be found, though so common 
on the Nielghcrries. Captain Beddome mentions that the rose is 
rUo absent on the Annamullays. I omitted to notice this; but I 
have met with it frequently on the Pulnies. The shola trees on both 
these ranges are of much larger growth than those on the Niel- 
ghcrries; but whether owing to superior soil or climate, or both 
combined, I am imable to say. In a shola on the eastern plateau I 
met with a very large tree, the stem measuring twenty-one feet in cir- 
cumference, five feet from the ground. 
" At the time of my visit, the Natives on the plains had the 
greatest dread of the Annamullays, declaring that any one going to 
the high ranges was certain to contract the very worst kind of jungle 
fever. The teak forests to tlie westward have always hnd a very bad 
name for fever, and not without cause; but I have been told that on 
the estates now opening out, and referred to in this report, there has 
been very Httle fever. Should this prove to be the case, I imagine 
coolies in time will proceed as willingly to work in the Annamullays 
as they now do in Wynaad." 
In March 1866 he went to the Bababooden Hills for the purpose 
of making drawings. "These hills," he reported, "are from 4,000 to 
6,000 feet in height, (The highest peak, viz., Colier Nulley above the 
bungalow being 6,000 feet above the level of the sea.) They are in 
the shape of ^ horse- shoe, the two ends being nearly due west, and 
measuring round the curve, are between twenty-five to thirty miles in 
length. In the centre of the horse-shoe is the Janga Valley which, 
with the exception of a few patches of cultivation is dense jungle and 
