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fare is required, there is the excellent hotel kept by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Davison close at hand, from which all the luxuries even 

 of the table can be procured ; and they are most attentive 

 and obliging persons. 



The hotel consists of 4 detached Bungalows, beautifully 

 situated near the church, which is a handsome structure, in 

 which a clergyman of the Established Church performs service 

 regularly, but his residence is at Jackatalla. 



The Bungalows are elegantly furnished, each consisting of 

 a dining room and two bed-rooms, with dressing rooms and 

 baths attached to each, provided vsdth every comfort. 



At this hotel, visitors may be assured of always having an 

 a bundant table, well supplied with the finest beef, mutton 

 and fowls. Mr. Davison is a well educated man, and a 

 first rate gardener and botanist, and can place on the table 

 oranges, peaches, nectarines, plums, (apples amongst which 

 is the new-town pippin) and pears, all equal to any that 

 Covent Garden exhibits; and his gardens are filled with trees 

 loaded with these fruits, and a great variety of splendid 

 flowers. 



A medical Officer in the Company's Service resides here, 

 his appointment being as those at Ootacamund ; and he attends 

 Kotergherry also once a week or oftener, if required. 



There are 24 well built, and Well furnished houses and 

 cottages at this station. General Kennett, Colonel Woodfall, 

 and others are permanent residents, and the rent of the other 

 houses varies from 120 to 60 or 30 rupees a month. 



The shops are all kept by natives, and are but ill-supplied 

 with general stores ; but as Ootacamund is so near, all that 

 visitors require can be readily sent to them from that station ; 

 and from thence, also, servants must be procured, as few are 

 available on the spot. 

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