20 PBEI/TMINART BEMARKS. 



Ootacamund, advising them of the time you expect to reach 

 the Bungalow ; this can be done by Electric Telegraph from 

 Bangalore : from the head of the Pass, 7204 feet high, the 

 road continues nearly level for 4 miles to Ootacamund. 



All who can ride, as well ladies as gentlemen, should quit 

 their transit carriages at the village of Seegoor, and ride to 

 Ootacamund on horses or ponies. Messrs. J. Wilson and Co., 

 of Ootacamund, will punctually send them, to await arrival 

 at the village, on receiving a Telegraphic message from Ban- 

 galore, naming the time of expected arrival there, which 

 should be so arranged if practicable as to reach the village 

 before 11 A. m. as will hereafter be noticed. One pony will 

 take the traveller into Ootacamund. 



The scenery is beautiful and picturesque throughout ; and 

 a cascade, below the Bungalow, inspires that delight which 

 the fall of rushing waters affords in every part of the world, 

 and to none more than to those who have been long confin- 

 ed to the parched plains of India, and increases the buoyan- 

 cy of spirit already infused by the ascent itself. 



The Cookoor Pass. 



This pass ascends from Meetapollium, in the district of 

 Coimbatoor, through a deep ravine, to Coonoor, on the edge 

 of the table-land above. On leaving Meetapollium, the road 

 passes across a plain, nearly level, for 6 miles ; the ascent then 

 commences, and continues for nine miles ; the slope averag- 

 ing about 1 inch in 11 ; but this will soon be reduced to about 

 1 in 12 by new levelling. The road is no where less than 15 

 feet wide, and it is intended that it shall be throughout 20 

 feet to Coonoor, and Ootacamund, and an improved road is 

 nearly completed ; and then it may be expected that transit 

 carriages will be established from Meetapollium. 



