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sight of plants analogous to the latter, is sure to awaken many 
delightful remembrances of past times. This I found to be the 
case during my ride from Coonoor to Ootacamund, where the © 
number of European forms mingling with intertropical ones 
is very great indeed. Among these may be mentioned 
Rosa Leschenaultiana, a shrub with long straggling branches, — 
bearing clusters of large white flowers; Berberis tinctoria, 
which when in flower very much resembles the common 
English Barberry, but the berries instead of being red 
are black; two species of Rubus, R. Wallichianus, bearing 
yellow fruit, and R. lasiocarpus, a Mentha, Juncus glaucus, — 
Lonicera Leschenaultii, resembling very much in general | 
appearance the Honeysuckle, and Clematis Wightiana, AG - 
Some of the open hilly country here is cultivated by a very 
industrious race of natives, called Budagars, who inhabit 
the mountains. Besides some small grain peculiar to the — 
country, they cultivate barley, wheat, onions, garlic, mustard, — 
opium and potatos, all thriving well in favourable seasons. — 
About four miles from Ootacamund we passed Kaitie, — 
a residence belonging to Lord Elphinstone, and about a mile — 
further on we obtained the first view of the Sanatorium itself. 
Ootacamund began to be visited by Europeans about - 
twenty years ago, and now contains, besides the bazaar Ot — 
native village, more than one hundred European residences, 
of course belonging principally to the Company's military 
and civil servants. It boasts a very handsome church, ® — 
club-house, two hotels, and three large shops where most — 
European articles may be obtained. It is situated in a large 
amphitheatre of very irregular undulating surface, and the 
residences are chiefly scattered along the spurs which descend * 
from the higher range. The hills have a bare aspect, bemg — 
mostly covered with coarse kinds of grass, and other . 
herbaceous vegetation, among which a few stunted Rhodo- - 
dendrons and other small trees may be seen breaking the 
monotony which would otherwise prevail. It is only in the 
hollows and long. narrow valleys or ravines intersecting : 
