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CHAPTER XII. 
Reasons for leaving Anjengo. . natural history of Travencore. . beauty of the lakes and 
rivers, .mountain scenery and solitary wilds, .cultivation of pepper, and value of 
the produce. . cassia lignea, and cinnamon. . oil plants. . olive tree. . silk cotton. . 
wild animals. . wild buffalo particularly described. . civet cat; mode of extracting 
the perfume. . crocodile and alligator; that of India in its form and character ; 
battle between the alligator and royal tiger, .crocodile of scripture, .ichneumon. . 
seal of Travencore rivers. . birds of Travencore. . beauty of the paroquets. . devas- 
tations by the Malabar parrots, .bird of Attinga. .crescent snake, .black amphis- 
boena. . number of noxious reptiles. . termites, or white ants, their extraordinary 
depredations; anecdotes of these marauders. . public roads shaded by trees. . gold 
dust in Malabar rivers. . iron mines, forges, and smelting-houses in Malabar. . 
salt-pans. . molungies or salt-boilers of Bengal, their wretched situation in the 
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CHAPTER XIII. 
Division of the Malabars into four principal tribes. . many inferior castes . . brahmins 
of Malabar ; religious and secular employments. . sacred rivers of India. . venera- 
tion for the cow. .public charities, .similarity of the Malabars and northern Hin- 
doos. . negative character. . extraordinary purification of the king of Travencore 
passing through a golden cow. . the same ceremony by Ragobah. .purification of 
his brahmin ambassadors. . Sevajee weighed against gold. . superstitious veneration 
of the Malabar brahmins. . religious pride. . singular adventure in Quilone forest 
..civilization of the Malabars. .physical effects of the torrid zone, .listless indo- 
lence of the natives, .conduct of a Morawar heroine, .dominions of the king of 
Travencore. . his capital. . military force. . bravery of the Nairs. . heir to the throne 
of Travencore. . dress of the king. . suspicion of the natives. . manners and cus- 
toms. . tribe of Nairs; extraordinary marriages, mode of inheritance. . reasons 
assigned for a plurality of husbands. . singularities of the Nairs. . Namburis. . 
Tivees. . dress of the men and women., large ear-rings. . Tetees. . Moplah women 
. . cruelty of the queen of Attinga. . writing on olas. . Malabar Christians. . famine. . 
