J2(j APPENDIX. opened into the low country. Moorkutty Peak is dis- tant from Oatacamund eighteen miles, and we as- cended its summit on the llth ultimo, and remained in its neighbourhood for four days, exploring and ex- amining in every direction for some opening into the low country. " All the descents were found to be abrupt and precipitous, and it was soon obvious that there was no Ghaut practicable in this part of the hills to Nellam- boor. <k On the 15th ultimo, some guides joined us, sent by Mr. Huddleston, and stated that the Pass was distant thirty miles from where we were, indi- cating its position to be in a south-westerly direction. " We started on the following morning (the 16th ultimo,) but from the badness of the weather, and the want of roads we did not reach the summit ef the Koondah Ghaut, with our tents and baggage, till the morning of the 21st. Mookamully Peak, laid down in the maps, and known to the natives by that name, is the only, and most conspicuous mark to distinguish this Ghaut, there being neither hut, village nor mund in its neighbourhood. Its distance from Oatacamund APPENDIX. J27 is about thirty-five miles, and its direction south- West.