CHAPTER VI.
THE PROPERTIES AROUND US.
Visit
to the Indian Trevelyan—A choice of roads—The Devala Moyar estate—"
Trespassers beware !"—First sight of " free gold"—Ancient workings and
modern tunnels—Athikanu— Signs of recent workings of the Korumbers—The
Limerick estate—Site of church and hospital—Our own property at
Bittusal—A promising hit indeed!—Might be worked separately —The
Glenrock Valley—Glenrock proper and Glenrosa described—On the road to
Glenrosa—Works at Glenrosa—A compact property in itself.
Another pleasant
expedition to the estates, now the property of the Indian Trevelyan
Company, will be found, I think, worthy of a brief description.
There
are two roads to Athikanu from Mango-Tree Hill. One goes by way of
Pundahir, through Sandhurst and Richmond; the other along the old road
from Cherambadi to Devala. We determined to go by the one and return by
the other.
Eiding
through Pundahir to the Eichmond estate, two roads are met; that to the
right being the road by which I arrived from Devala. But the left road,
passing the works of the South-East Wynaad Company, was our present
route. After a further three
