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MADRAS.
Wynaad District.—The
recent contributions to the literature of the gold-fields of the
south-eastern portion of the Wynaad are'so voluminous that I
experience a difficulty in preparing a sufficiently complete epitome
of their contents. Among these contributions the principal are the
reports by Mr. William King, jun.,* Deputy Superintendent of the
Geological Survey of India, and Mr. Brough Smyfh,t who was specially
deputed by the Government of India to explore and report upon the gold
in Southern India.
The
Wynaad forms a terrace of mountain-land intermediate in position
between the low country of Malabar and the lofty plateau of the Nilgiri
Mountains. It is separated into three portions, which are locally
known as North, South, and South-East Wynaad; the latter portion has
recently been transferred from the official limits of the Malabar
jurisdiction
* "Records of the Geological Survey of India," vol. viii. p. 29, and vol. xi. p. 235.
t "Report on the Gold Mines of the South-Eastern portion of the Wynaad."
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