Note 436 — Chapter XXIV
Reading edition
For short accounts of the Pulney hills, see—
1. Memoir of the Varagherry Hills, by Capt. B. S. Ward, Madras Journal of Literature and Science, Oct. 1837, vol. vi. p. 280.
2. Observations on the Pulney Mountains, by Dr. Wight, Madras Journal, v. p. 280.
3. Report on the Pulneys, by Lieut. R. H. Beddome, Madras Journal, 1857.
4. Sir Charles Trevelyan's Official Tour in the South of India. He says, "It is an important fact that, as regards much the largest portion of this tract, there is no claim to the soil which can interfere with the establishment of the most absolute freehold."