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From: patrick lewis <>
Subject: Re: [The Raj] Re: Ooty,
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:36:36 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <dd2972cd0601171729m6c796974m@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Vanya,

Thanks for the mail ,I had lived in Ooty for 3 months and while I was there ,I had viisted the factory that produces Lemon tea and other medicinal herbs .
A foreginer started that firm and know it as become a joint villagers effort.
there is a very famous lady who always drives a jeep with full of dogs and she takes care of them ,she has been localy known as Dog missy.she had taken me and my children to this herbal garden and manufacturing unity they have many products which i would like to import to Japan and export to other countries .

please let me know the items and send me samples with rates as soon as possible. also inform me more about you and your family.Hope to receive a reply soon.
contact me on this email ID
rgds
lewis

Orr <> wrote:
Patrick what are you interested in? We are still at the early stages with
generally enough for locals but not for export- but give me a bit of
background & I will see what is there-herbs?- aromatic? medicinal? culinary?
organic veg? herbal products will take 6 months or so..warm greetings, vanya

On 17/01/06, patrick lewis wrote:
>
> Dear Vanya Orr
>
> We would like to know more about the medical products from ootty
>
> rgds
> Lewis
> Tokyo
>
> Ph +81 355206914
>
> wrote:
> Dear Listers
> I was part of this list a few years back but got sidetracked by life for a
> while.. I am living near Ooty so could probably look up a few things for
> people here if you don't come in too thick & fast.
> I have a wonderful correspondence between 2 stiff necked Irishmen in the
> 1840s..(my GG grandfather John Ryan & Valentine Connolly who was the
> collector of Malabar at that time. ) The Connolly family were interesting-
> 5 sons & all murdered or killed violently- poor mum..
>
> I noticed some correspondence on quinine - John Ryan's son - Henry
> Valentine..when he came out of the goldrush disaster of 1886 or so, was
> managing one of the Ooty estates- a fascinating story too of the journey
> of
> the Cinchona tree to India from South America.
>
> The Cinchona estates were taken over by the forest department in the
> 1980s-
> mostly clear felled because the synthetic quinine came in. & at that time
> the rather military FD tried to clear out the people there too. I came out
> quite a greenhorn in 1994 with pictures of my grandparents & theirs of 100
> years earlier & got swept up in the process- invited by village people &
> FD
> to come & set up an NGO to work with both to create a Medicinal Plant
> Development Area there. It was an extraordinary & very challenging & also
> a
> wonderful experience-- I am now working with farmers to get away from the
> chemical destruction of the land & with a women's health prog. in the
> villages- managing stress & finding options for sometimes difficult
> feminine
> issues- an amazing gift..
>
> Any news on above connections gratefully received
>
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