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General, fairly ask at the hands of the Government the small 

 boon which they now solicit ; and his Lordship has great 

 pleasure in giving them assurance that they shall enjoy it." 



To the Editor, now, only remains the pleasing duty of 

 doing himself the honor, of respectfully offering his humble 

 and grateful acknowledgments to the Right Hon'ble Lord 

 Canning, Governor General of India, and to the Eight 

 Hon'ble Lord Harris, Governor of Madras, for the libera- 

 lity with which their Lordships have granted to him, the 

 privilege of seeking aid from the Lithographic Departments 

 of Government, at Calcutta and Madras : in the execution 

 of the sketches of the scenery which accompany this volume 

 at the press of the former ; and of the Maps which accompany 

 the work, at the latter Presidency. 



Lord Harris, on the Editor's waiting upon him at Madras, 

 expressed himself so highly pleased with the panoramic view 

 of Ootacamund which was presented for his Lordship's in- 

 spection, that the Editor was encouraged to persevere in the 

 task which he had proposed to himself, of submitting to the 

 Indian community a topographical work with Illustrations 

 of what it described, notwithstanding that the lithographic 

 art was yet in its infancy in this country, where no tinted 

 T?iews had hitherto been attempted, nor any of importance 

 even drawn in chalks. His Lordship at the same time 

 granted to the Editor permission to take as many impres- 

 sions as he desired, from the stone already prepared, of a 

 Map of the Hills, then in progress of execution under his 

 Lordship's directions, in the chief Engineer's Department ; 

 after, of course, as many copies had been supplied for the 

 purposes of Government as the service required. 



The great interest which his Lordship has always taken 

 in the prosperity of the Neilgherries, and the encouragement 



