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THE ROAD TO GLENROCK, 23
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CHAPTER III.
OUR " GLENROCK " ESTATE.
The
road to Glenrock—The effects of heavy traffic—The bungalows and
outhouses—A cookshop in danger—The captain's home—A splendid
outlook—Preparations—A busy scene—A native contractor's
stupidity—Precautions against delay—Nature of the mining operations at
Glenrock—Vestiges of old world mining —A tunnel falls in—Native
invocations—Work being done— Auriferous nature of the ground—The
tunnels and working described.
The reader
will be certain that I paid a visit to Glenrock on the earliest
opportunity. Eiding back a distance of two miles over the road by which
we had first arrived, a bridle-path to the right is reached, which cuts
off a corner and brings one into the road from Pundalur to Glenrock.
From this point the bazaar is visible at a considerable distance below
and partly sheltered by trees. The road appears to have been much cut
up by the constant passage of heavily laden bandies, that for a month
or six weeks past have been bringing up the machinery from Calicut.
Indeed, on the day of my first visit, and often subsequently, there was
quite a block of waggons passing up and down.
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