Farther towards the east lie _Cadaturuti_, a town with two churches; _Badeati_, formerly the residence of the court of the king of Travancor; and _Muttiera_ and _Corolongatta_, where there are two considerable congregations of the Christians of St. Thomas. At the latter place they have a very beautiful church dedicated to St. Mary, in which service is performed by priests who are natives of the country. The Nestorians had formerly a monastery here, inhabited by people of their order from Persia and Chaldea, who were the spiritual guides of the Christians of St. Thomas. There were monasteries also of the like kind at _Edapalli_, _Angamali_, and at _Maïlapuri_ on the coast of Coromandel; but they all fell into decline after the Portuguese had established themselves on the coast of Malabar[66]. This district produces a great deal of pepper; and a peculiar kind of potatoes, black on the outside, but exceedingly white internally, and which have a remarkably fine taste. They are called _Kàtschil_. There is also great abundance of round potatoes, such as ours; but they are of a much superior quality, and have really an aromatic taste[67]. In the forests at the bottom of the Gauts, near _Corolongatta_, _Clagnil_, _Badagare_, _Aragoshe_, _Mailacomba_, and _Modelacodata_, forming districts which I have twice travelled through, there are a great many elephants, buffaloes, parrots of all kinds, deer, and black and white apes. The last-mentioned animals go about in whole flocks of from two to three thousand, and climb up the trees in order to carry away the wild fruits. In these forests there are found also abundance of tygers, and particularly of the so called Royal Tyger, which is almost as large as a small cow[68]. _Ràmapurata_, _Cuincam_, and _Mohatushe_, are connected in commerce with _Maïssur_, which lies on the other side of the mountains, and send their merchandise to Cochin by water.