Aulapolai'

Aulapolai', or ALLEPPI, a seaport, with a lighthouse, in Travancore state, Madras, 33 miles S. of Cochin. Its roadstead is sheltered by a mud-bank; and there is a considerable trade in coffee, coir, pepper, and cardamoms. Communication is maintained with Quilon and Trivandrum on the south, and with Cochin on the north, by canals parallel with the sea-coast, and connecting a series of lakes or back-waters. Between these and the sea is a wide creek, through which is floated the timber for exportation, which is brought from the forests of the Rajah of Travancore on the Western Ghauts. Pop. 30,000.