Coorg, an inland high-lying province, about the size of Kent, on the eastern slope of the W. Ghâts, on the SW. border of Mysore, under the Indian Government; it is covered with forests, infested with wild animals; the natives, a fine race, are distinguished for their loyalty to the British.
Population (circa 1900) given as 173,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Cooper's Hill * Coote, Sir Eyre