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always reasonable, and not higher than are paid on the plains 

 for similar descriptions. 



Good grass and straw are daily brought to the door, and are 

 to be purchased at cheap rates. Gram or a seed resembling 

 linseed, and well known throughout the Madras and Bombay 

 presidencies, by the name of " Coultee" is to be had in abun- 

 dance : it is boiled, and, when cool, given to the cattle, and 

 they thrive well on it. 



A tonjohn is a preferable conveyance on the hills to a pa- 

 lankeen, which is slow : a set of six bearers costs about 43 

 rupees per month. 



A carriage, phseton or buggy is not in general use ; at 

 least for those who do not intend to make a protracted stay ; 

 and a palankeen carriage, or van drawn by bullocks, is always 

 to be had, for the purposes of day or night-visiting, and for 

 taking families to church. 



A Bachelor may live on 150 Rs. and a married man and his 

 wife, paying 40 or 50 Rs. a month rent, can keep two ponies, 

 and their expences need not exceed 200 Rs. a month. 



In short, the expence of living on the hills is not generally 

 beyond what it is in the low country. 



Public Buildings, Official Authorities, &c. 



A very elegant Church in the Saxo- Gothic style, capable 

 of holding a congregation of 3 to 400 persons, is the great- 

 est ornament of the place. Thfere is a resident Chaplain of 

 the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the East India Company 

 who holds the appointment for four years. 



The present Commandant of the Hills is. Col. Geo. Pau- 



lett Cameron, C. B. an officer in the Madras army, who has 



distinguished himself, as well in Europe as in India, and 



a detail of his varied services and cai-eer, is recorded in the 



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