CHAPTER III. 



DESCHIPTIOIT OE THE SEVERAL STATIONS, &C. 



OOTACAMrND. 



In the year 1820, the late Mr. Sullivan, then Collector of 

 Coimbatore, was the first person who called the attention 

 of the Madras Government to the eligibity of " Ootacamund,' * 

 the principal station, as a Sanatarium, and by him was erect- 

 ed the first mansion there, which is built entirely of stone, 

 and remains to this day the most substantial residence in 

 the place ; others soon followed his example, and to him 

 therefore is, due the credit of having established that delight- 

 ful Sanatarium. But, in the year 1819, Messrs. Whish, and 

 Kindersly, of the Madras Civil Service, having pursued a 

 band of smugglers of tobacco up a small pass to the N. E. 

 of Kotergherry, it is said, first discovered these Hills, and 

 thus became acquainted with the existence of a table-land 

 possessing an European climate. Ihe Editor, however, deems 

 it right to add, that Capt. Burton, in his graphic and inter- 

 esting account of the hills, which is noticed in the list of pub- 

 lications in the appendix, states, that in 1814, Mr. Keys, a 

 sub-assistant and Mr. McMahon, then an apprentice in the 

 Survey department, ascended the hills by the Danaikencotta 

 pass, penetrated into the remotest parts, and made plans, 

 and sent in reports of their discoveries : it is to be presumed 

 that these plans and reports may be found amongst the 

 records of the Madras Government. 

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