Travels in Peru and India by Sir Clements R. Markham

MALABAR. Calicut--Houses and gardens--Population of Malabar--Namburi Brahmins --Nairs--Tiars--Slaves--Moplahs--Assessment of rice-fields, of gardens, of dry crops--Other taxes--Voyage up the Beypoor river --The Conolly teak plantations--Wundoor--Backwood cultivation --Sholacul--Sispara ghaut--Blackwood--Scenery--Sispara--View of the Nellemboor valley--Avalanche--Arrival at Ootacamund 341