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9. — In 1844, Capt. H. Congreve, of the Madras Artillery, addressed 

 to " The Madras Spectator" letters on the Hills, containing a very 

 elaborate speculation as to the origin of the " Todas," insisting on 

 their being the remnants of the Celto-scythian race, treating the sub- 

 ject with remarkable acuteness, and displaying much curious anti- 

 quarian lore : the amount of observation on that and other interesting 

 subjects, is such, as to lead us to regret that the talented author has 

 left his labours to the precarious existence of the columns of a news- 

 paper. 



10. — In the same year, was pubhshed, by order of the Madras 

 Government, printed by R. W. Thorpe, at the Yepery Mission Press, 

 a valuable " Report, on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the 

 Neilgherry Hills, with notices of the Greology, Botany, climate, 

 and population, Tables of Diseases, amongst Officers, Ladies, chil- 

 dren, &c." compiled from the Records of the Medical Board 

 Office. 



11. — In 1847, Capt. J. Ouchterlony, of the Madras Engineer corps, 

 submitted to Grovernment a most elaborate " Greographical and statis- 

 tical Memou* of a survey of the Neilgherry mountains." This is the most 

 comprehensive account of the Hills, their geological character, produc- 

 tions, agriculture, climate, inhabitants, and the approaches to the hills 

 that has been published. It will be found in the " Madras Journal of 

 Literature and Science" No. 34, Vol. XV. 1848.* 



The labor bestowed, the research displayed by Capt. Ouchterlony, 

 and the amount of information conveyed by him in this admirable re- 

 port, with the splendid Map of the Neilgherries constructed by him, 

 must always command the attention of visitors ; and it well deserves 

 a place in their hbraries, and merits careful perusal, and reference to as 

 a directory on aU subjects connected with the Hills, whether by 

 occasional visitors, or intending settlers. Capt. Ouchterlony submitted 

 with his Map a further report to Government which the Editor has 

 not been able to procure. 



12. — In 1851, Lieut. Burton, of the Bombay army, pubhshed a most 

 interesting work, entitled " Goa and the Blue Mountains," through 

 Bentley, London. 



13. — In the same year, a brochure of the Hills was pubhshed by the 

 late talented Capt. Sir Francis Ford, of the Bombay army, entitled 



* A Copy of this Memoir has been presented by the Editor to the 

 Ootacamund Library for the use of visitors. 



