1. On the Mud Banks of Narrakal and Allippey, two Natural Harbours of Refuge on the Malabar Coast

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In the course of an examination of the harbours and river mouths of India, which I have recently been making for the Government of that country, instructions were sent me to examine the backwater communication of the Malabar coast, with special reference to the possibility of taking advantage of the anchorage at such localities as Narrakal and Allippey, and opening out communications between them and the backwaters. As these anchorages are so remarkable, and the phenomena connected with them are probably known to but few members of this Society, and the places themselves perhaps never visited by any member present, I have thought a short account of these mud harbours of refuge would be of some interest.