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