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world. Of fruits, we have Walnuts, Apricots, Mulberries, the 
White Peach, Pomegranates, red and white Raspberries, 
Barberries, and Kaephul, all at this level, and very good of 
their kind; the Cherries are not edible, but make capital 
cherry-brandy; the Pears are harsh, and scarcely eatable 
until they are decayed, when they are very good. ‘The Vine 
and cultivated Peach grow here, and flower luxuriantly, but 
the fruit does not ripen so high; Oranges, Plantains, and 
several Limes and Lemons, as well as Mangoes, are all brought 
from the warm vallies; Plums have been introduced and 
thrive most admirably; Apples and Quinces do not come to 
much perfection; Strawberries, and all British vegetables, 
seem to agree extremely well with the climate and soil. Of 
Timbers—the Toon (Cedrela) is found rather below our level; 
the Sal also; the Deodar pine affords excellent durable deal, 
of it our houses are built, (the wood-work I mean,) the other . 
Fir is not so durable or large for timber, but it supplies 
excellent tar, and where Deodar is not procurable, as at Al- 
mora, the wood is employed in house building. Walnut, Cherry, 
and Oak, are used in limited quantities as timber, the last 
universally as firewood. The Rhododendron is despised both 
by carpenters and cooks, and little of it is consequently cut. 
The bark and leaves of the Laurel above-mentioned, are 
carried down to be used as substitutes for Cinnamon; Chi- 
rayita is also conveyed to the plains in very large quantities to 
be sold at the Company’s medical depots, and to native drug- 
gists. Hill Capsicums and Turmeric are both much valued 
below, and of course carried down; excellent paper is made 
from the Daphne cannabina, as follows:—(few insects touch 
it, and it is very strong, and consequently much valued) 
*the bark is taken from the shrub in the cold season, (De- 
cember and January); it is first well cleared of epidermis by 
a knife, then boiled with a large admixture of wood ashes and 
water for four or five hours, and thoroughly pounded by a 
wooden mallet on a smooth stone, afterwards well bleached 
in running water, the pulp is then ready to be spread on the 
moulds, the heat of the sun only being sufficient to dry it’ A 
coarse sugar is made from the flowers of the Bassia, and a 
