enabled him to form a correct opinion on the subject. before been repaired, while the head quarters of the it would speedily get into bad order; and often before, which will shew the proposed new line ; when finished sides, and if made only barely sufficient, they would sides, roads are apt to crumble and wear away at the from the shelving in of the bank and the wearing away number of bullocks and horses constantly moving on it, narrower, it would be insufficient for the great thorough- of the road, it became impassable, till the obstructions fare which the Coonoor Ghaut has now become. Be- Ghaut not to be widened, there would scarcely be a vestige of a road left after six months, as the vast the Coonoor Ghaut had just undergone repair, before corps were at Oatacamund. Without such repairs, would wear it out. The case is very different with APPENDIX. 133 This breadth will still make a very good road, * but if soon become obstructed, and require repairs to keep to His Excellency Sir Robert O'Callaghan. the Governor went down, and it had several times them passable. Were the lower part of the Coonoor regard to passes little frequented. The lower part of " Lieutenant Le Hardy is preparing a full plan of the Coonoor Ghaut, which he surveyed in 1830, and were removed. I shall have the honor of transmitting it for submission