Hough, James

Letters on the climate, inhabitants, productions, & c. & c. of the Neilgherries, or Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, South India.

London, John Hatchard & Son, 1829. 8vo. iv + 172 pp. Original boards, printed label on spine, paper on spine partly torn away, head and tail of spine chipped, two leaves of publisher’s advertisements at the front. The first book on the Neilgherries, in the form of letters, originally published in the newspaper Bengal Hurkaru. “If [the author’s] purpose be answered, if his ‘Letters’ shall assist to induce the Government of India to patronize the Neilgherries as a retreat for invalids, and persuade any of his countrymen to seek the benefit which he has derived from a residence in that salubrious climate, he will not regret the time and attention bestowed on the work” (preface).

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