TO 



THE RIGHT HONORABLE 



GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERT LORD HARRIS, 



gotebnoe oe madbas. 



My Lord, 



In publishing a second edition of Dr. Baikie's 

 account of the Neilgherry Hills, the justly celebrated 

 Sanatarium of the Presidency of Madras, I am highly 

 honored by the permission to dedicate the volume to 

 your Lordship ; sensible, as I must be, that the work 

 will derive additional value from the countenance of a 

 Ruler, who has always taken the liveliest interest in.- 

 promoting the advancement of a region which has 

 bestowed the blessing of health, on numberless cli- 

 mate-stricken servants of the Government so benefi- 

 cially administered by your Lordship. 



I have the honor to be, 

 My Lord, 

 With the greatest respect. 

 Your Lordship's most obedient servant, 



W. H. Smoult. 

 Calcutta, \Qth February, 1857. 



