262 GAiirOLA AND THE COFFEE KEGIOXS. [rARX Yll. 



May or June ushers in tlie boisterous monsoon, ^vitli its 

 thunder and torrents, the solemnity of which is increased 

 by storms of wind such as are unknown in the Vnv 

 country. From July to November, when the monsoon 

 again changes, the plain presents the same characteristics 

 of chmate and verdure; flowers spring up after the rains, 

 and day after day invahds enjoy their healthfid drive 

 round the base of the hills that encircle the valley, and 

 excursionists make their pilgrimages to the top of Peduru- 

 talla-galla\ an elevation of 8280 feet, from which there is 

 a view of surpassing magnificence over the lower range 

 of mountains and the plains beneath, threaded by tlie 

 silvery line of the rivers, and stretcliing aAvay till it meets 

 tlie sea on tlie far horizon. 



In these imigorating heights the newly arrived visitor, 

 escaping in a single night from the sultry languor of the 

 low country is surprised by the unexpected importunities 

 of his recovered appetite, and seizes with a relish dishes 

 he would have dechned with averted face the day before. 

 In a temperature resembhng that of an English autumn, 

 the skin moist, but no longer sodden, the chest expanding 

 in a hghter atmosphere, and the enhvened circulation 

 imparting an unaccustomed glow and colom" to the 

 sinface ; he addresses hunself with vigour to pedestrian 

 excursions among the surrounding hills. Here a slight 

 ililliculty of breathing surprises a stranger — arising 

 from the high rarefaction of the an- — but it soon 

 passes off. 



To those dehcate constitutions which, without the 

 presence of actual disease, are nevertheless debihtated 

 IVom long exposm-e to tropical heat, the change pro- 

 (hiced by the lofty climate of Neuera-elha is still more 

 remarkable ; muscular tenuity disappears, the limbs re- 

 cover their elasticity and roundness, the sphits rise 



' Geuerally ciillod ** Pedro-talla- i serve as a substitute for the "■ tulla" 



galla." It takes this name from pro- | or strips of leaves; and they gi'ow 



ducincr some plants suitable for the ainonijst the rocks " t/al/<i," near its 



weaviim lA' jnduru, " mat,s," — these | summit. 



