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

CHAPTER XXVI.

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MYSORE AND COORG.

Seegoor ghaut--Sandal-wood--Mysore--Seringapatam--Hoonsoor--The tannery--Fraserpett--Mercara--The fort--The Rajahs of Coorg--The Coorgs--Origin of the river Cauvery--Coorg--Climate--Coffee cultivation--Sites for chinchona-plantations--Caryota Urens --Virarajendrapett--Cardamom cultivation--Kumari--Poon, blackwood, and teak--Pepper cultivation in Malabar--Cannanore--Nuggur and Baba Bodeen hills--The Beebee of Cannanore--Compta--Sedashighur--Arrive at Bombay 432