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grassy summits, but no tabic land ; beyond this mountain immense 
forests are seen to the westward as ^ far as the eye can reach, re- 
sembling in some measure the prospects from the hills to the west of 
Neddivuttum on the Neilghcrrics, but the forests appear far more 
extensive. Unfortunately the clouds soon shut out the view, pre- 
venting my completing a sketch of the plateau from the summit. This 
grand mountain, standing out alone as it does amongst smaller hills 
no doubt appears higher than it really is, but viewing it from several 
points, more especially on a clear day, from the Nielgherrics, confirms 
me in the opinion that it is the most lofty on the Annamullay Range, 
and it may perhaps prove to be a rival even to Dodabetta, as yet 
considered the highest mountain south of the Himalayas ; the strong 
resemblance it bears to the Peer marl Mullay on the Puhiics is very 
remarkable. The descent occupied us fifty minutes. On our return, 
we followed an elephant path for several miles, the gradient of this 
path was truly wonderful, these sagacious animals avoiding every 
steep or difficult ascent with the skill of engineers! We were four 
hours and twenty- five minutes going, and four hours and twenty 
minutes returning, exclusive of stoppages. We walked as fast as we 
could and the nature of the ground would allowj in order to reach the 
summit of the mountain while clear of clouds, and to avoid being be- 
nighted on our return. I think, therefore, the distance between the 
camp at Kartu Mullay and the great mountain cannot be less than 
fourteen or fifteen miles. On our return from Kartu Mullay to 
Michael's valley, we found a more direct route leaving Coomarikul 
Mullay to the east. We again struck on an elephant's path, which, 
like those previously fell in with, avoided every steep ascent, ex- 
cept at one hill which was cleverly zigzagged, owing to masses of 
sheet rock preventing a regular incline being taken. 
" The Pooliars declared they had never been on the mountain 
before, and did not know its name ; but they told a gentleman who 
visited the range subsequently, that it was called the Arnee Moody 
(elephant's forehead), and as such I find it is entered in the original 
unreduced map of the Great Trigonometrical Survey. 
"The finest apparent site for a settlement is the great plateau 
