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Vegetables,
fish, and fruit are forwarded twice a week from Ootacamund by private
arrangement, and local dealers afford a very tolerable supply of
butchers' meat. Bread is procurable at Devala, though not of good
quality. A clever baker would soon make a fortune here. So, on the
whole, miners and coffee planters are not so badly off for the good
things of this life, as might be supposed. And as the European
population of the district increases, trade facilities will also
increase, and the demand will create the supply. Itinerant dealers even
now ply their trade from estate to estate, and make a very good thing
out of sales of tailoring stuffs and other wares.
The
Wynaad is as yet entirely without a church, but steps are being taken
to provide this want. A site has been selected on the road between
Devala and Cherambadi, not far from the Trevelyan and Provident
estates. Mr. John W. Eyan is endeavouring to raise the necessary funds,
and is taking a deep interest in the practical carrying out of his
scheme for the benefit of a growing European population; which will
undoubtedly be all the better for his labours.
Medical
advice is obtainable at the Government Dispensary, which is open to
all; but, in consequence of the great increase in the European
population, this useful institution is scarcely equal to the strain now
put upon it. A Medical Board has, however, now been
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