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MAHABALESHWAR, or MALCOLMPETH

MAHABALESHWAR, or MALCOLMPETH , a See also:

hill station in See also:

SATARA

Satara See also:

DISTRICT

district, and the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium in the Bombay See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency, See also:

India. Pop. (1901), 5299. It is reached by See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage from Wathar railway station (39 m.) or by motor See also:

CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car from See also:

POONA, or PUNA

Poona (119 m.). Mahabaleshwar occupies the See also:

SUMMIT

summit of a See also:

ridge of the Western See also:

GHATS, or GHAUTS (literally " the Landing Stairs " from the sea, or " Passes ")

Ghats, with a See also:

general See also:

ELEVATION

elevation of 4500 ft. above See also:

sea-level. It was established in 1828 by See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

John See also:

Malcolm. See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Bombay, who obtained the site from the See also:

RAJA

raja of Satara in See also:

EXCHANGE

exchange for another patch of territory. The See also:

SUPERIOR

superior elevation of Mahabaleshwar renders it much cooler than See also:

MATHERAN

Matheran (2460 ft.), a sanatorium about 5o M. E. of Bombay, but its heavy rainfall (292 in. See also:

ANNUAL

annual See also:

AVERAGE

average) makes it almost uninhabitable during the See also:

RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season. The mean annual temperature is 67° F. In the hottest season (See also:

March-See also:

APRIL

April) an extreme of a little over 90 is reached during the See also:

day. Mahabaleshwar forms the See also:

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat usually during See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, and occasionally in autumn, of the governor of Bombay, and the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

OFFICERS

officers of his See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment, and has the usual public buildings of a first-class sanatorium.

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