Behind the houses there is a small circular enclosure which is now used as a tu and is called Althftu. The entrance to this enclosure is shown in [Fig. 29] just in front of the boy carrying the dairy vessels. Formerly there was a dairy of the conical kind within this circle, of which the name was Ishpoh. About five generations ago, this dairy still existed [[650]]and was tended by a wursol; but several dairymen died in succession, and this so alarmed the Todas that it became impossible to obtain anyone to fill the office, and when the dairy decayed its remains were removed and the circular enclosure within which it stood has since been used as a pen. In size and appearance the enclosure is quite unlike other pens, and resembles much more nearly the circular walls round the conical dairies of Nòdrs and Kanòdrs.
Kuzhu (Kunditolmand). This, the second in importance of the villages of the Karsol, is a very picturesque place south of Ootacamund. There is a kudrpali called Tudrpoh, in front of which is a stone called imudrikars. The gold bracelet mentioned in the story of Kwoto is kept in this dairy. In front of the dwelling-huts is another stone called menkars (see p. [342]). The menkars at Kuzhu and that at Nòdrs are the only stones of this name, but they do not resemble one another, and the Kuzhu stone is not adapted for the narthpimi game as is that of Nòdrs.
Keshker (Kakerimand). This is a large village near Ootacamund at which there is a kudrpali, but little else of interest. It is probably the Kishkeijar mentioned by Harkness.
Nasmiòdr (Aganadmand). This is a very old village which was probably at one time much more important than at present. It is situated about a quarter of a mile from the road leading from Ootacamund to Ebanad, not far from the Badaga village of Tuneri. There is now only a small dairy (wursuli) situated in the middle of a wood. When I visited Nasmiòdr, this dairy was unoccupied, and, as is usual in such cases, my Toda guide refused to go to the dairy with me, and remained outside the wood. Soon after I left the hills, it was to be occupied by the wursol of Kars, who would take his buffaloes there for a month.
This village is mentioned in two Toda legends, in both of which it seems to have been a village at which people were living. The dairy is called Tilipoh or Pohtilipoh, and it still contains the two mani, Karzod and Kòni, which were hung on the neck of Enmon (see p. [208]). It is one of the few wursuli which have two rooms.
Pakhalkudr (Bagalkodumand). This village, not far from [[651]]Paikara, is one of the most outlying villages of the Karsol. There is a very small dairy here resembling the merkalars which serves both as kudrpali and wursuli, the former being in front, while the latter is behind, with the door on one side. The wursuli is so small that there can scarcely be room for a fully grown man to do the churning.
Isharadr and Peletkwur. These are outlying villages of no special interest. The former was only built in the time of the grandfather of Parkurs (8), and has a dairy resembling that of Pakhalkudr.
Taradrkirsi (Kavaikkadmand). This is the funeral place for men of the Kars clan, and is also a kalolmad. There is a kudrpali with three rooms called Paliven keirsi, and a pen called Tuoks. There are two stones where the wursulir and nashperthir are killed, and close to them there is a spot by the side of a wood where earth is thrown at a funeral. There is a slight break in the edge of the wood here, and this is probably the position of an old pen which has been completely overgrown.
There is a long wall at this village passing near the dairy and the funeral stones, and then extending a long way towards the east. It resembles the Nòdrs wall, and these seem to be the only two examples of walls of this kind at Toda villages. The wall at Taradrkirsi is said to have been built by Kwoten, but it seems unlikely, for this hero had no special connexion with the Karsol.
Several villages which have now wholly disappeared are still mentioned in the prayer which the Kars people use at the erkumptthpimi ceremony. One of these, Tashtars, stood where the Masonic Hall at Ootacamund now stands. The site of another, Turskidt, is occupied by a private house. Two, Tüli and Keitaz, were situated on Elk Hill, and two others, Sing and Kurkars, were near Nasmiòdr.