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heavy, and travellers are numerous, and they do not work 

 like the more patient and persevering bullock. 



It is much to be regretted, that Messrs. Burghall and 

 Co. and the other proprietors, do not exert themselves more 

 than they do, to have better horses and stronger bullocks 

 between Arcot and Bangalore: from the latter place to 

 Ootacamund the bullocks are larger, and kept in good con- 

 dition. 



The visitor, proceeding from Calcutta, should not take 

 Patarrahs, these are of no use, as the roofs of the carriages 

 are rounded so as to prevent their being overloaded. He 

 should only have Portmanteaus or Trunks, and these should 

 not be higher than 11^ inches, as they are put under him in 

 the carriage, which has boards laid across, and on these is 

 the bedding, the traveller reclining as in a Palankeen, but, 

 if he travels light, he may form a seat by taking up two 

 or three of the boards. 



Both the abovementioned carriages have a pocket on each 

 side for small articles ; but it is absolutely necessary for great- 

 er comfort, that the traveller should, at his own expence (a 

 mere trifle), have 4 or 6 more pockets made, of any coarse 

 oloth, to hold wine, beer, &c. (not forgetting a bottle of 

 brandy), and the many small articles he may take with 

 him ; and we likewise recommend him to provide himself 

 with a small kettle, teapot, a few plates, &c. in short, all that 

 he would take to insure independence of the deficiencies of a 

 dawk Bungalow all over India ; the bungalows, between Arcot 

 and the hiUs,are generally not deficient in culinary articles, but 

 tea, coffee, sugar, and salt, and a good supply of bread, biscuits, 

 &c. should be laid in at Madras, Bangalore, and Mysore. 



Most of the dawk bungalows are good, some very supe- 

 rior ; especially those buUt by the liberality of General Cub- 

 bin. 



