Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India.

CHAPTER XXIV.

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JOURNEY TO THE PULNEY HILLS.

Coonoor ghaut--Coimbatore--Pulladom--Cotton cultivation--Dharapurum --A marriage procession--Dindigul--Ryotwarry tenure--Pulney hills --Kodakarnal--Extent of the Pulneys--Formation--Soil--Climate --Inhabitants--Flora--Suitability for chinchona cultivation--Forest conservancy--Anamallay hills 390