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NYEILATTEE-OK-KAN. T CI 421 Nyehattee. --Town in the District of the Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal, and a railway station on the Eastern Bengal Railway.-- See VANLATI. Obalagandi.--The western pass from the Ramandruig plateau in the Sandúr State, Madras Presidency: -See ABLAGUNDI. Ochterlony (so called after Colonel James Ochterlony).- A beautiful valley 39 square miles in extent, at an average elevation of 3000 feet above sea-level; situated below the south-western wall of the Nilgiri Hills, Madras Presidency, between 11° 23' and 11° 29' 15" x. lat., and between 76° 27' and 76° 3+ 15" E. long. This valley was first explored by Colonel J. Ochterlony, R.E., in 1844-45, and was at that time covered with virgin forest. Coffee cultivation was introduced in the valley at that time, and there are 110W (1883) 24 coffee estates, occupying about 4000 acres. Cinchona and tcı also flourish. The whole valley has been converted into a busy English settlement, employing over 5000 native hands. The Guynd'estate contains one unbroken block of Soo acres of coffee in full bearing. The expenditure in the valley is about £90,000 annually. Od.—Town in Anand Sub-division, Kaira District, Bombay Presidency. Lat. 22° 37' v., long. 73° 10'e. Population (1872) 8+23; and (1881) 8500. Oel.— Town in Kheri District, Oudh ; 8 miles west of Lakhimpur, on the road to Sítápur. It lies in lat. 27° 50' 30" X., and long. 80° 46 55" E., on a plain of fine clay soil, highly cultivated and studded with trees, intermixed with clusters of bamboos. The two villages Oel and Dhakua adjoin each other and form one town, but the dwelling-houses have a wretched appearance, consisting of ruinous mud walls and thatchel roofs. Population (1881) 4159, namely, 3572 Hindus and 587 Muhammadans. Handsome temple to Mahadeo. Sugar manufactories. Okhaldangá.–Village in Kumaun District, North-Western Provinces; situated on the craggy bank of the river Kosila, on the route from Morádábád to Almora, 65 miles north-east of the former town, in lat. 29° 14' 20" N., and long. 79° 39' E. Picturesque situation. Population (1981) 115. The rice of Okhaldangá is said to be remarkably fine, and it bears in commerce the name of Pilibhit rice, being brought to market at that town. Elevation above sea, about 2000 feet. Ok-kan. —- River in Hanthawadi District, Pegu Division, Lower Burma. Rises in the Pegu Yoma range, and falls into the Hlaing at Pyin-ma-gon. A narrow stream, but navigable during the rains by la:ge