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tered from the S. W. monsoon, and easily accessible : there 

 is a great variety of beautiful rides, and one excellent car- 

 riage drive, and the scenery presents an assemblage of wood, 

 rocks, water, and ravines, singularly picturesque. 



" The climate is very mild, and rather humid, consequently, 

 relaxing, but soothing, and best adapted for old Indians, 

 with whom a soft and mild climate agrees best. It is most 

 favorable for cases requiring, simply, a reduced atmospheric 

 temperature. The mild soft air is good in bronchitic affec- 

 tions, and in incipient pulmonary consumption. If the liver 

 be affected, or there is bowel-complaint, the first season 

 should be spent at Coonoor, the humid cold of Ootacamund 

 being prejudicial. The mild and equable climate of Coonoor, 

 also, improves the general health in rheumatism ; and affords 

 a prospect of recovery, after the failure of all other means. 

 Asthmatic cases, which bear an elevated situation, often do 

 well here. Delicate, and sickly children, are often sent from 

 Ootacamund to Coonoor, and with good effect. 



" Kotergherry presents a medium climate between Coo- 

 noor, and Ootacamund, and, judging from my own observation 

 and personal enquiries, it is the best of the three, when a 

 selection of one is to be made. 



" The extreme, and daily average range of the Thermo- 

 meter, is less than at Ootacamund, and the nights are not 

 so cold. During the summer months of 1855, my Thermo- 

 meter, in the shade, used to range from 62° to 65° at 

 Kotergherry ; and from 65° to 70° at Coonoor. 



" There was, occasionally, heavy rain, but, upon the whole 

 the station is well sheltered from the S. W. monsoon, while 

 the soil is so porous, and the drainage so excellent, that no 

 water lodges ; and the air is not long charged with moisture. 

 There is less deprivation of exercise than at Ootacamund, 



