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few in Asia, I can safely say, that there is not one, in which 

 there is more to praise, or less to blame ; none in which less 

 inconvenience is suffered, from extremes of heat or cold, mois- 

 ture or dryness ; in short, none in which I could more easily 

 make up my mind to pass the evening of my days, than the 

 lofty regions of the Neilgherries, could I forget the ties of 

 home and country. 



The Climates oe " Coonoob," Kotergiieeet, and Jac- 

 EA.TALLA, havc been fully described, in the accounts of those 

 stations. 



The editor has been favored with the following remarks by 

 his friend Professor Oldham, after a careful examination by 

 him of Dr. Baikie's, and Mr. Eoss' Meteorological Tables, 

 abstracts of which are given in the appendix, and these re- 

 marks, and some others that follow on the different climates 

 of the hills, will, not inaptly, be introduced here. 



Professor Oldham observes ; 



" It is much to the regretted that there is no means of 

 ascertaining the degree of accuracy, with which the observa- 

 tions of Dr. Baikie and Mr. Ross may be trusted. They were, 

 as will be seen, taken by different observers, with different 

 instruments, and at an interval of twenty years. That they 

 are not strictly comparable, is therefore obvious ; and to any 

 one who knows the very great defects, which, almost invaria- 

 bly, accompanied maximum and minimum Thermometers, 

 until within the last five years, the sources of error will be 

 evident. 



" Notwithstanding all these causes of error, the observa- 

 tions may perhaps be taken, as about relatively equal in value, 

 and some interesting results appear to be fully established by 

 them. 



