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and Cape Comorin, appears to me a fit spot for sucH an 

 examination, not only on account of its semi-insular situ- 

 ation, but because its limits are so well defined by nature. 

 It is true the examination of such a wild tract of country 

 must be attended with many and great difiiculties from 

 physical causes, but still such as might be overcome by 

 skill and preservance, and will certainly reward the en- 

 terprising individual who accomplishes it with a rich har- 

 vest of valuable discoveries. There are three other points 

 of the peninsula, the Floras of which in a statistical point 

 of view, I think it desirable to have carefully examined 

 and compared with each other. I mean the Shevaroy^ 

 Pulney, and Neilgherry hills, all of great height, each 

 possessing individual peculiarities of climate, and all so 

 close to each other, that marked differences of products 

 might lead to important results in determining the effect 

 of climate and soil in modifying the vegetable products 

 of a country, an inquiry likely to prove both curious and 

 useful, and one in the prosecution of which, much assist- 

 ance might be derived from simply comparing with each 

 other the vegetables covering the eastern and western 

 slopes of the Neilgherries. 



Palamcottah, 3d September 1835. 



