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remarks apply almost equally to the other stations. All other 

 European vegetables are luxuriant, and produce all the year 

 round ; and every kind of English fruit tree bears and flour- 

 ishes to perfection, as at Coonoor ; and ornamental trees, pines, 

 deodars, willows, &c., thrive admirably. 



At Jackatalla they suffer comparatively little from the S. 

 W. monsoon ; and the sanatary condition of the station is 

 shewn to be most satisfactory by the fact, that out of 531 men, 

 the average strength of the wing, the fatal cases, amounting 

 altogether to 17 during the year 1854-55, occurred (with 

 one or two exceptions) from the effects of previous organic 

 disease, contracted before the troops came to Jackatalla, and 

 before they had any chance of benefiting by the climate. 



The Bazar is well supplied with beef and mutton : the 

 coffee grown on the hills is excellent and cheap. Fruits 

 and vegetables are abundant, and springs of excellent water 

 are on all sides. 



There are, as yet, only about eight private residences, but 

 two of these. Dr. Macbeth' s, and Captain Francis', occupied 

 by Colonel McDuff, are splendid mansions ; and the station is 

 rapidly connecting itself with " Coonoor," from which it is 

 only separated by a narrow gorge ; and houses are being erect- 

 ed in every direction : a Clergyman of the Established Church 

 resides at Jackatalla and does duty also at Coonoor. 



A handsome range of Barracks, is nearly completed at 

 Jackatalla ; and it is to be hoped that the Marquis of Dal- 

 housie's expectation, that at least a whole Regiment would 

 soon be located there, will speedily be realized ; and, at no 

 very distant period, perhaps, it will become a station for more 

 than one Regiment of H. M.'s service. 



The valley of Jackatalla takes its title from the principal 

 of a cluster of villages, higher up the valley, towards Doda- 



