seasons at least, and consequently more facility for is upon the whole much more dry weather during some sible to avoid on first ascending into the dry, cold, and care is now and then insufficient to prevent at Oataca- facts is, that Dimhutty is better suited as a residence change from the low country being less sudden, and the comparatively higher temperature and moister constitu- mund ; particularly in the numerous cases of hepatic tion of the air, being better calculated to keep up the ened by disease ; an evil consequence which the greatest " The important conclusion to be drawn from these for invalids on their first arrival than Oatacamund ; the from the surface upon the internal organs, already weak- seasons at the two places, is the facility of transferring milder, and at certain seasons more equable ; that there taking exercise, than at Oatacamund. considerably retards the cure in these and other similar of asthma and determination of blood to the head, which invalids in an advanced state of convalescence, is much generally undergo an aggravation, slight it is true, and transient, but which it would still be desirable if pos- action of the skin, and prevent the repulsion of blood 120 APPENDIX. highly rarefied atmosphere of Oatacamund. disease and mercurial rheumatism, and which often " An important advantage offered by the difference of instances. The same considerations apply to the cases