Excerpt from Observations on the Neilgherries, Including an Account of Their Topography, Climate, Soil, and Productions, and of the Effects of the Climate on the European Constitution: With Maps of the Hills and the Approaches to Them, Sketches of the Scenery, Drawings of the Principal Buildings, Tables of Routes, &C
The conflicting accounts which the Editor received from persons to whom he addressed himself for informa tion, when he was projecting a visit from Madras to the Neilgherries, both in regard to the difficulties of the ap proaches to them, and in regard to the accommodation afforded to travellers, and the number Of servants and other things requisite for a temporary residence at Oota camuud, suggested to him the idea of soliciting the author of the following sheets to compile an account of the Hills, and to embody in it statements in reference to the points in question, on the accuracy of which complete reliance might be placed. That Gentleman, he was satisfied, was the person best qualified, both from long experience and from being possessed of every species of information re specting the Hills, to draw up such an account of them as would be practically useful and he feels assured that the work which, in compliance with his suggestion, has been produced, will not only prove a valuable guide to those who may resort to them in pursuit of health, but will be perused with interest by the general reader, as it conveys, in a simple and unpretend ing style, a faithful view of the climate, scenery, productions, and capabilities of a tract of country which is so luxuriant and salubrious that it may be justly said to form an Oasis amidst the arid plains of India.
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