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Appendix, No. XII. 



LIST OF PUBLICATIONS DESCEIPTIYE OF THE 

 NEILGHEERIES. 



1. — The first pen that called the serious attention of the Indian com- 

 munity to the value of the Neilgherry Hills, was that of the Eevd. 

 James Hough of Madras in " Letters on the Climate, Inhabitants, 

 Productions, &c. of the Neilgherries or Blue Mountains of Coimba- 

 tore," addressed to the Editor of "The Calcutta Hurkaru" newspaper, 

 between July and November 1826, and subsequently pubhshed, in a 

 collected form, in 1829, by Hatchard and Son, London. 



2. — In 1827, Dr. Young, of the Madras EstabUshment, presented to 

 the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta a paper on " The General 

 and Medical Topography of the Neilgherries," which is published in Vol. 

 4 of their Transactions, and is a most interesting account. 



3. — In 1832, Capt. Henry Harkness, of the Madras army, published 

 " A Description of (the Todas) a singular aboriginal race inhabiting the 

 summit of the Neilgherry Hills or Blue Mountains of Coimbatore," 

 through Smith, Elder and Co., London. 



4. — In 1834, Capt. Mignon of the Bombay European Eegiment, 

 published a little Yolume entitled " Notes extracted from a private 

 Journal written during a tour through Malabar, and among the Neil- 

 gherries," printed at the American Mission Press, Bombay. 



5. — In the same year, Lieut. H. Jervis, H. M. 62nd. Regiment, publish- 

 ed a " Narrative of a Journey to the Falls of the Cavery, with an His- 

 torical and descriptive account of the Neilgherries j" through Smith, 

 Elder and Co., London. 



6. — In the same year, also, appeared the first edition of Dr. Baikie's 

 account of the Hills, printed at the Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta. 



7. — In 1835, Dr. P. M. Benza, Surgeon to the then Governor of 

 Madras, pubhshed a " Geological sketch of the Neilgherries," which will 

 be found in Yol. 4 of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



8. — In 1838, Dr. DeBurgh Birch, of the Madras Service, laid before 

 Government "A Topographical Report on the Neilgherries," pubhshed 

 in the Madras Journal of Literatui-e and Science, Yol. YIII. 



