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Excerpt from Report, on the Medical Topography and Statistics, of the Provinces of Malabar and Canara: Compiled From the Records of the Medical Board Office The Province of Malabar and Canara, commonly called the western provinces, forms a narrow slip of country of great length, but of inconsiderable breadth, situated between the 10th and 15th degrees of north latitude, and between 74 10', and 76 50', of east longitude; the province is bounded on the north, by the Portuguese territory of Goa, on the south, by Cochin in Travancore; on the east, by the great range of western ghauts, which separate them from the Mysore country and Coimbatore in the southern division, and on the west, its shores are washed by the Indian ocean. The coast runs diagonally in a south-easterly direction, from Sedashegur on its northern extremity, to Cochin on the south, several head lands, and small bays being formed along its tract; the general character of the country is flat, and sandy near the coast, being intersected by numerous mountain streams flowing into extensive back-waters, inland it rises more or less abruptly to the foot of the ghauts, which are no where more distant than forty miles from the sea, though in general approaching much nearer, presenting a surface estimated at 13,780 square miles, with a population of 2,063,174 souls. The principal towns and stations in the provinces, are Cannanore the capital, and chief military station; Tellicherry, Calicut, and Mangalore; a description of the climate will be found in the detailed reports for the principal stations. The town and fort of Cannanore, are situated at the distance of a quarter of a mile from each other, the former at the bottom of a small bay, and the latter on a jutting portion of land, which forms one side of the bay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."