Travels in Peru and India by Sir Clements R. Markham

CHAPTER XXVI.

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