in the low country, a large village not far from the the actual Ghaut. We found the road most steep, "Lieutenant Le Hardy and I, endeavoured to elephants and impracticable forests, which with its descending for two miles, we returned, to avoid being " It is situated at the south-western extremity of the Ghaut, by small leeches, which are very numerous by bands of smugglers : they found it guarded by " This Pass has never heretofore been used, except the Koondahs. remote situation made it well adapted for the carrying difficult and tedious, not passable for horses, and after having had to cut their way through many parts of the use the perambulator,) with pioneers and guides, and descend the Ghaut on the forenoon of the 21st. taking 128 APPENDIX. Beypoor river, and in the direct road to Calicut. at the foot of the hills. They returned withut any We expected to have nearly reached the bottom of " The party took three days to reach Mungaree, gave him orders to push on till he reached Mungeree on in secrecy of their unlawful trade. hatchets and axes, to clear the obstructed passages. jungle, and being much incommoded, after descending benighted. I sent on a Havildar, (who had learned to accident or misfortune, to the top of the Ghaut, and the perambulator with us, and a party of pioneers with