After twenty years' possession by the Com- pany, two young civilians, Messrs. Whish and Kindersley, were induced, in consequence of the maltreatment of some Ryots in the low country, by a Polygar, who fled up the pass of Danayn- keucottah, to follow his track ; and not being encumbered with him as a prisoner, they after- wards proceeded to reconnoitre a little of the interior of the hills, as they had for some time before intended. Their first halt was at a vil- lage called Dynaud, about nine miles to the eastward of Kotagherry near Rungasamy Peak, (the most sacred mountain on the Neilgherries), where they found the man they were in search D 34 FALLS OF THE CAVERY, of, in a hut. He was exceedingly polite in of- fering refreshments to the gentlemen, and pre- tending to go for some milk, took the opportu- nity of making good his retreat ! They then proceeded across the hills, and de- scended by the Keloor Pass. But they had seen and felt quite enough to excite their own curiosity and that of the collector, Mr. Sullivan, who, establishing his general residence there, continued to live in this delightful climate with his family, in health and comfort, for the great-