The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-08 00:00:00

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.carrra oAltsres.l
our last, the discovery
region under the Presi-
. more than 350 miles
!oimbettore is separated
I by a mountainous re-
and 16 in breadth, and
miles. It is divided into
e Patingnaid, the Todierr-
The name given to the
. is " Nilgamis," or the
name, however, properly be-
the range, and is by the
plied to a high peak, the
or " Aligerry." Two
ihis region early in lag
_ their friends by the ac-
particularly of the extreme
- party was binned. who
set lint to repeat the tour on the 2d of January.
The w.t•-;:114e iatige of the thermometer, at
li o.or. was 40, and it did not rise snore than
dro•ers 1:1..,:her at 2 p.m. The freezing of the
water, in the night, more than once, produced ice
three-quarters of an inch thick. On these occa-
tcotis the therai..meter was at 33. and 36.
when the thermometer sinks to
ti.- fterzitor pool', the extremes of heat slid cold
sae often felt in the same day ; but there appears to
I :.%e been no example in this part of the globe, of
ti temperature @,) cool and so even, for a continu-
once, so long as that which is shewn from the re-
giver of the thermometer given in the report.
The travellers could not ascertain the exact
height of their situation in this mountainous rejoii,
but they considered themselves to be at least three
times as high as the highest part of Mysore ; and if
tOis calculation is correct, they conceived that the
elevation would be from mine to ten thousand feet
shore the keel of the sea. In looking over Mysore
4111 one side, and the low country or Coimbettore sin
the oilier, it was hard to diatingskih the country
above, from the country below the Ghent,. they
were an much higher than both. The party were
on their lets most part of the day, rind generally
walled ten or twelve miles, up and down steep
from ten o'clock in the morning until set-set,
without experiencing the least inconvenience from
i art. often indeed seeking the sunshine, 119 a relief
from cold. With the exception of two slight ague
Ms, there was no tickiiess amongst the folloaers,
Lotwithstanding the intense cold of the nights
sod mornings, and the little protection they bud
ugsinst it.
lit every part of the high country, they found
ristiberVies. both red and white, and strawberries
growing in the greatest luxuriance ; they found
also a fruit in shape resembling a 'neater, but of
much smaller size, and in taste not to be distin-
guished from the gooseberrv—its interior arranges
sueiit was alio the same. White roses, marigolds,
and balsams, were seen in abundance, and in full
flower; they found specimens also of cinnamon
and hick pepper, and a tree yielding a beautiful
yellow die.

The country is inhabited by three classes of
people, whose language, manners, and customs
are entirely distinct, viz. Torlevies, Koties, and
Ileugirv. The two first are considered the abori-
giqrs of the bills, and the Todevies to be a superior
cast of the Kolas. The Todrvies are exclusively
herdsmen, they here no fixed habitation, but wander
with their herds of buffaloes from pasture to pas-
ture. Their huts are of a semi-circular form,
s:rongly built with bamboos and mud, having a
hule urar Ilse ground, sufficiently large for their own
irgreas, and for the egress of the smoke from their
s. Only oue marriage is permitted amongst
Ihe motes of • family, and if it should consist of
urn or more persons. they have a wife in common!
The lady is exempt from household cares and
ditties, she is served by the men, whose duty it is
la ',spare and cook the victuals—and it as her
wit ilege also- to be eat tied on the shoulders of her
1 rabsuds, then she makes visits or journeys.
tine ',elects whom she plecses of the family as her
• unips: at bed and board, and this freedom of
tuner I.roduces no interruption of domestic liar-
easily I It iv necessary that all the men of s fa-
EtAy should agree in the choice of a wife, and if
tiirre should lie a dissentient voice amongst
brethren when a lady i. submitted fur their appro-
bation, she is forthwith sent bat k to her relations.

Nl,lll of the men, seen by the travellers, mea-
f.,..r.d above six feet, robust ard athletic.

The Movies in appearance have tin resemblance
the Tudevies ; they are cultivators and artisan!,
u. iveli as musicians and dancers, and their dance,
ati instrument in sound like a bagpipe, appeared
to amateur or the party, to be tither the ore-
ginui, ur a copy of the famed " Quadrille!" Had
I I.r travellers remained longer iianoug tie Kotler,
perhaps they
.utight hare dircovered the originut
ut the ;Ca :!

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We omitted to notice in
of a new and interesting r
elency of Madras, and not
distant from the capital !
The low 'country of Coi
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ill f,orn Mnt Air and Wynsud
gmn of 30 miles in length, I
• contains about 500 square In
threes:ow/tor eountries,the I'
naafi, Had Maiknaad. TI
i- IL whale by the Lowlanden it
1 Blue Mountains ; this name
longs hut to one part of the
11 iligidandera peculiarly eppl
" Knn ::a Sao my Coil," 1
tv-tillet::e•i living. vsited tl
I year, and having surprised 1
Coillitr ti;ey pile cf it, part:
coldne,a of the climate, a