Notes extracted from a private journal written during a tour through a part of Malabar and among the Neilgherries - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ...quantities by private individuals) and at least ten kinds of millet, which come to perfection in the month of September, and yield full thirty-fold of the seed employed. Agriculture, however, must at present be considered in its infancy. Grass is found both in the woods, and valleys; and in great abundance. In the marshes, which often ramify to a considerable lateral extent, fulfilling the essential purposes of draining the adjacent hills of their water, it grows to the height of two and three feet--and in these positions affords a never failing crop; which although well adapted to horned cattle, is neither nutritious, nor wholesome for horses. Of the wild vegetables, and roots, some are used by the aboriginal inhabitants as their daily fare, and berries of every description abound throughout the woods--particularly raspberries, strawberries, and gooseberries, which supply the table from July until September; but so full of seeds, and so tasteless, they scarce deserve the name. Few fruits, indeed, are to be met with--perhaps, iť consequence of the trouble and expense of procuring grafts from a distance; and the trees growing in the gardens about Ootakamund, appear to send out premature blossoms which are nipped by cold currents of air sweeping along the hills, and valleys with great impetuosity. At the Government farms, however, (which by the way are now on sale,--economy being the order of the day) a few apples, peaches, and plums,, have, through extreme care and attention, been produced, I can safely recommend the Neilgherry mountains as excellent shooting quarters;. they stimulate the sporting propensities of many a young hero, and the experienced sportsman here, is almost sure to return home with a cooley load of booty, from the fat elk,...
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