Geography of the Himalayah Mountains. S3 



ropeans into the hills. The most common genera of trees 

 are the Mimosa; sirissa, Catechu, and several other species. 

 Several species of Bignonia Indica 



Gardenia suaveolens 



Pterocarpus suberosa ? 



Eugenia Semicarpus anacardium 



Erythrina Echites antidysenterica 



Bombax Casearea tomentosa 



Cedrela Murraya exotica 



Bauhinia * Prunus puddum 



Pyrus, 1 sp. 1. 



Of shrubs the Grislea tomentosa. 

 Different species of Zyzyphus and Carissa. 

 The Combretum ovalifoUum is to be found in the plains 

 outside of the pass. ,, 



Sal forest (Shorea robusla) clothes both sides of the range, 

 but in the pass there are few trees of that valuable species of 

 timber tree to be seen. The valuable Sissoo (Dalbergia sis- 

 soo) affects moist situations in the Doon, where the lofty 

 grass jungle again covers great part of the face of the coun- 

 try. The Siphonanthus, or Ovieda verticittata, is of frequent 

 occurrence about Senspoor, forming another vegetable fea-' 

 ture of the grass jungle in the Doon. 



From Senspoor we proceed to cross the river Jumna, into 

 the smaller valley or Doon, called Kerda, from the name of a 

 small village in it, forming a route very frequently adopted 

 in entering the hills. Where the river cuts the range above 

 Padshahmuhul, the jungle is too thick to admit of a passage 

 along its banks, although difficult footpaths may be found, 

 at the hazard of being devoured by wild animals. 



This valley has been almost entirely abandoned to jungle, 

 being chiefly visited by woodcutters and preparers of the Cut 

 or Catechu, from the Mimosa furnishing it. Tradition how- 

 ever represents it as having been less thinly peopled in former 

 days. Its superior unhealthiness to the valley of Deyrah 

 probably arises from its narrowness, and being more com- 

 pletely shut in by mountains and hills in the direction of the 

 prevailing winds. 



Among the wooded heights in the ascent from this valley 

 to the town of Nahn, besides most of the trees noticed before, 

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