on the borders of some neighbouring tank. At that time the road being almost knee-deep in sand, and suffering as I did under a con- siderable degree of thirst, I found this march sufficiently tiresome not to be easily effaced AND NEILGHERRY HILLS. Q3 from one's memory, as my first entr6 on the Eastern stage. Poonamallee consists of a fort, containing hospitals and government stores ; barracks capable of holding a regiment, with officers' quarters, which will not impress the officer, who takes up his abode there, on his first arrival in India, with any favorable idea of his oriental prospects ; and should he value his comfort, I would advise him to join his corps, especially if at Bangalore, as soon as possible, where he can live and enjoy his " otium cum dignitate" in his own bungalow. . G 2 84 FALLS OF THE C A VERY VELLORE. After leaving Poonamallee, the country is any- thing but interesting to the man who is an admirer of landscape beauty, till reaching the extensive fertile valley in which Vellore stands, surrounded