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50 inches. The cold season is delightful, and the hot season 

 much more temperate than in the Dekhan, from the more 

 northerly position and the greater humidity, as well as from 

 the elevation of the table-land. Hot winds seldom blow, as 

 the south-westerly wind sets in long before the commencement 

 of the rainy season. ^ 



The valley of the Nerbada, being much below the average 

 elevation of the table-land, is hotter and more humid than the 

 latter. In many places it is well cultivated, but a great part 



hilly 



much 



be scarcely navigable. The low hills are 



more 



much 



The flora of Malwah is scarcely known. The forests of the 

 valley of the Nerbada may be expected to present a consider- 

 able amount of variety, but the climate and physical features 

 do not differ sufficiently from those of Khandesh on the one 

 hand and of Bahar on the other, to lead ns to expect much 

 novelty. Griffith has described a few remarkable new forms 

 in a paper in the Journal of the Asiatic Society. 



13. GUJEHAT. 



province 



are very distinct in physical features. These 



are — 1. The peninsula 



from 



i 



3. The lower slopes of the Vindhia, where they dip into the 

 plains. - 



* -^ 



• is a mountainous district 

 hills, running east and we 



direction 



as has been already observed, with the Arawali range. These 

 hills, which rise into peaks about 2000 or 2500 feet in height, 

 make the southern part of the peninsula much more humid 

 tikm +h<> nn^limm wlii nli nartininates in the climate of Sindh. 



