Oriental Scenery/Part 4/Plate 1

by Thomas Daniell and William Daniell

No. I.

CAPE COMORIN, NEAR CALCAD.

To the southernmost point of the peninsula of India has been given the name of Cape Comorin, and this appellation navigators have transferred to the lofty mountain situated not far distant from its extremity, which is a well known and conspicuous landmark to those who navigate the eastern coast of the peninsula. This view is taken in the vicinity of a small village called Calcad; it is a place of no account, but contains an Hindoo temple of considerable dimensions. Though the hills beyond that village are high, they seem almost levelled with the plain, when compared with the lofty mountain of the Cape, rising immediately behind them to the height, it is said, of 1297 yards.^[1]

This part of the country is in the possession of the Rajah of Travancore.

Cape Comorin, near Calcad.

1. For this measurement the author is indebted to Lieutenant-Colonel Bateson.