weather, this river may be crossed by a bed of rocks, but there is a ferry boat in a deep part of the stream for carriages, horses, and palankeens. This road is good for a carriage. From the Pykarry, the road ascends, leaving the river on the right, in a succession of ascents and descents, and rises to the summit of the Nidiwuttum ghaut, where is an excellent bungalow. The descent for about 1J mile, is more steep than the lower part. It then proceeds through rather an open forest, crossing two large streams by stone causeways, made by the pioneers, to Goodaloor three miles further. Here is a good bazaar and tolerable bungalow. The road from Goodaloor is almost west, the surface not very uneven, but close and hot from the quantity of bamboos on the road-side, up to the Paudy river, the bed of which is H 2 100 APPENDIX. very rocky. From thence to Davilla, a village situated beautifully in a cultivated valley. Thence, after cross- ing two large rivulets, it ascends very steeply to Nelly- allnm Cutchery, and then north-west to Shirleote, a populous village, and a beautiful situation. The road then runs over a level surface, with cultivation on both sides, to a small Pagoda and tank on the left; from thence it assumes a north-west course to a redoubt commonly called Sultan's Battery, but better-known in the country as Gunneyputty-wuttum. The road from