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Wednesday, Jan. 13th, /37. On train to Katpadi.
Dear Eva,
I had nearly two pages written to you when I dropped the sheet of paper on the floor, and I can't send a letter which has been on the floor of a 3rd class compartment of women and children - particularly the children whose habits are not the neatest.
Mrs. Thivy and I are on our way to Horsley Konday - about 190-200 miles ± to the N.W. with our 2 senior Botany students for a Botany collecting trip. There is a Hindu holiday tomorrow (Pongal - the first harvest) and so we are using our Wed PM lab period to get an early start. Train to Katpadi (90 miles ±) then bus to Modanapalla (85 miles). We spend the night there with Miss Coburn and then take a bus early tomorrow morning (10-12 miles) to Horsley Konda. We have two very nice students - Lily Gruble (Tamil Christian) who is "Senior-Student" - the official head of the student body and Pouvamma a Coorg Hindu, one
Dear Eva,
I had nearly two pages written to you when I dropped the sheet of paper on the floor, and I can't send a letter which has been on the floor of a 3rd class compartment of women and children - particularly the children whose habits are not the neatest.
Mrs. Thivy and I are on our way to Horsley Konday - about 190-200 miles ± to the N.W. with our 2 senior Botany students for a Botany collecting trip. There is a Hindu holiday tomorrow (Pongal - the first harvest) and so we are using our Wed PM lab period to get an early start. Train to Katpadi (90 miles ±) then bus to Modanapalla (85 miles). We spend the night there with Miss Coburn and then take a bus early tomorrow morning (10-12 miles) to Horsley Konda. We have two very nice students - Lily Gruble (Tamil Christian) who is "Senior-Student" - the official head of the student body and Pouvamma a Coorg Hindu, one
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This letter got jumbled together with a slightly earlier one: I think I have it sorted correctly. At the moment we have just one sheet of paper for this letter, but that's better than none.
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Mrs. Thivy and I are on our way to Horsley Konday - about 190-200 miles ± to the N.W. with our 2 senior Botany students for a Botany collecting trip. There is a Hindu holiday tomorrow (Pongal - the first harvest) and so we are using our Wed PM lab period to get an early start. Train to Katpadi (90 miles ±) then bus to Modanapalla (85 miles). We spend the night there with Miss Coburn and then take a bus early tomorrow morning (10-12 miles) to Horsley Konda.
Mrs. Thivy is in the Non-family India folks page.
About Pongal, Wikipedia says:
Pongal (IPA: /ˈθaɪˈpoʊŋʌl/) is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils. The festival is celebrated over three or four days with Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal, beginning on the last day of the Tamil calendar month of Margazhi, and observed on consecutive days.
About Horsley Konda, Wikipedia says:
Horsley Hills or Horsleykonda or Yenugulla Mallamma Konda is a series of hills in Andhra Pradesh in Madanapalle Taluka of Annamayya district and is about 9 miles from Madanapalle town. The local name of the hill was Yenugu Mallama Konda after a legend of a saintly old woman named Mallamma who lived at the top of the hill and was fed by elephants (yenugulu). W.D. Horsley, a British collector, built his home around 1870 after whom it is named. In contrast to the dry and hot surrounding, this area is well vegetated with cooler climate. This made it attractive as a hill station and a tourist spot.
Here's a map of the route, roughly, from Google maps:
This letter got jumbled together with a slightly earlier one: I think I have it sorted correctly. At the moment we have just one sheet of paper for this letter, but that's better than none.
2.
Mrs. Thivy and I are on our way to Horsley Konday - about 190-200 miles ± to the N.W. with our 2 senior Botany students for a Botany collecting trip. There is a Hindu holiday tomorrow (Pongal - the first harvest) and so we are using our Wed PM lab period to get an early start. Train to Katpadi (90 miles ±) then bus to Modanapalla (85 miles). We spend the night there with Miss Coburn and then take a bus early tomorrow morning (10-12 miles) to Horsley Konda.
Mrs. Thivy is in the Non-family India folks page.
About Pongal, Wikipedia says:
Pongal (IPA: /ˈθaɪˈpoʊŋʌl/) is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils. The festival is celebrated over three or four days with Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal, beginning on the last day of the Tamil calendar month of Margazhi, and observed on consecutive days.
About Horsley Konda, Wikipedia says:
Horsley Hills or Horsleykonda or Yenugulla Mallamma Konda is a series of hills in Andhra Pradesh in Madanapalle Taluka of Annamayya district and is about 9 miles from Madanapalle town. The local name of the hill was Yenugu Mallama Konda after a legend of a saintly old woman named Mallamma who lived at the top of the hill and was fed by elephants (yenugulu). W.D. Horsley, a British collector, built his home around 1870 after whom it is named. In contrast to the dry and hot surrounding, this area is well vegetated with cooler climate. This made it attractive as a hill station and a tourist spot.
Here's a map of the route, roughly, from Google maps:
3.
We have two very nice students - Lily Gruble (Tamil Christian) who is "Senior-Student" - the official head of the student body and Pouvamma a Coorg Hindu, one
I'm familiar with Tamil because there is a large Tamil population in Sri Lanka, but not with Coorg. Wikipedia says:
The Kodavas (Codavas or Kodagas) also called Coorgs are an endogamous Dravidian ethnolinguistic group from the region of Kodagu in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, who natively speak the Kodava language. Kodavas worship ancestors, nature, and weapons such as swords, bows, arrows, and later guns.
We have two very nice students - Lily Gruble (Tamil Christian) who is "Senior-Student" - the official head of the student body and Pouvamma a Coorg Hindu, one
I'm familiar with Tamil because there is a large Tamil population in Sri Lanka, but not with Coorg. Wikipedia says:
The Kodavas (Codavas or Kodagas) also called Coorgs are an endogamous Dravidian ethnolinguistic group from the region of Kodagu in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, who natively speak the Kodava language. Kodavas worship ancestors, nature, and weapons such as swords, bows, arrows, and later guns.
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