perfect, except during the falling of the mon- soon. This begins early in the middle of June, AND NEILGHERRY HILLS. 75 and ends in September, and the Khoondahs would not then be habitable from the violence of the rains ; nor can ships then safely ap- proach the Malabar coast. When the rains have subsided, the western breeze comes up from the sea, breathing health and fragrance as it passes up the Ghaut ; and it is a remarkable circumstance that, during the months in which the pioneers were working on it, from December to the end of May, there was no fever or sickness of any kind amongst them. The order published by the Governor, after his inspecting of the Ghaut in June last, describes so particularly its position and actual state, as to render any further observation un- necessary. The Coonoor Pass on the opposite side, is now nearly completed, and in a short time these mountains will be equally accessible from the eastern and western coasts. The only precau- tion that will then be necessary will be, to restrain those who have important duties to per- form elsewhere, and are in a state of health to perform them, from staying too long on the Hills,