Schlagintweit, Hermann von; Schlagintweit, Adolf; Schlagintweit, Robert von: Results of a scientific mission to India and High Asia: undertaken between the years MDCCCLIV and MDCCCLVIII, by order of the court of directors of the hon. East India Company (Band 4): Meteorology of India: an analysis of the physical conditions of India, the Himálaya, western Tibet, and Turkistan (Leipzig, 1866)

GROUP VII: SOUTHERN INDIA, HILLY DISTRICTS:
1. DEKHAN AND MAISSUR.

Ahmadnagar.

Jalna.

Phi-titan.

Ballari.

Kadapa.

Puna.

Belgau.

Kaladghi.

Purandar.

Bijapur.

Karnul.

Raman drug.

Dharvar.

Kirki.

Satara.

French Rocks.

Kolapur.

Seriir.

Gtiti.

Mahabaleshvar, Station,

Sholapur.

Haiderabad.

and Panehganni.

Sikandarabad.

Harihar.

Merkara.



For the analysis of the climate of southern India I took the Dekhan and
Maissur together; these mountainous regions allowed me to follow the variation from
20° of Latitude down to 12°. The Mlgiris were kept separately. For these provinces
materials from the recent researches about the conditions of the country for sanitaria
could be added to those obtained from the medical board.

For the Dekhan, I had found most valuable information in the two well-
known papers by Col. Sykes : " On Atmospheric Tides and the Meteorology of the
Dekhan,"1 and "Meteorological Observations taken in India."2 For Maissur I had
obtained numerous details from General Cullen and his military officers through my
late brother Adolphe. I myself had visited these districts, together with my

1 Phil. Trans, of the Royal Soc, 1835, p. 161-220.

2 Ibid, 1850, p. 297-378-