Ooty as we really need to know and see

let your imagination run riot yes this was what Ooty looked like in 1837!!!Don't dare to compare it with the current visuals of what is supposed to be panoramic view of Elk Hill and Bombay Castle from the Will Bund Road.The life and timesof Neelgherry Hills (as it was called) was so serene andbreathtaking to be called rightly as Queen of Hill Station.

This plate from Richard Barron's 'Views in India, chiefly among the Neelgherry Hills'. It shows a view from across the lake in Ootacamund. Barron writes that the "small cottages dispersed in the wood are the property of Dr. Glen, an officer on the Bombay establishment, and the Parsees' shops, of which there are two, and one European, are large and good, and any thing, either dress, furniture, or supplies, can be procured, without incurring the unnecessary expense of bringing up what the great change of climate requires."
Most of the biggest shops in Ootacamund were branches of large establishments in Madras, and were situated at a convenient distance from European residences. Amongst the biggest and best-established traders were the enterprising Borah Saits of Bombay.
Thanks to British Library.