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1880 a further report was made on some trials of cin- 
s febrifage in quotidian, tertian, quartan and febricula, Out 
81 cases, 92°2 per cent. were cured. The administration of 
The Cinchona Plantations and Pasa the Bark.—There 
three Government Cinchona estates on the Nilviris, 
tuated at Ootacamund, Naduvatam, and Pykara. Each estate 
‘consists of one or more plantations; Naduvatam comprises 
mison, Kilgraston and Napier; Pykara is composed of 
looker and Wood; and Dodabetta represents the whole of 
he minor plantations known under that name. The site 
ccupied by Dodabetta is the ravine behind the Botanic Gar- _ 
ens, situated at an elevation of from 6,500 to 8, 000 feet above 
a-level, and with a mean temperature in the shade of 60° es 
nd a maximum of 70°. During the months of December, —__ 
anuary and February the frosts are often severe, and con- _ 
iderable damage is done to the trees lying in the lower parts 
of the estate. This estate is named after the mountain, about 
wo miles off, called Dodabetta, from Dodda (great) and Betta 
hill), which is 8,642 feet above the sea, consequently the ; 
ighest point on: the Nilgiris, and one of the highest in ‘oe 
outhern India. The Naduvatam estate is situated about 22 : 
ules from Ootacamund, at the top of the Gudalur ghaut, and 
n the verge of the steep descent to the Wynaad plateau. The 
levation varies from 5,000 to 6,000 feet, with a mean tem- 
erature of 60° in the shade, and maximum of 80° and a 
tinimum of 54°, and an average rainfall of 195 inches. The 
es grown here are Succirubras and hybrids, and seve 
; perimental plots of Calisayas, recta tina Santa Fé and 
i kara estates are ‘of Hooker 
