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more favourable to Tea than the Dehra Dhoon, still it is 

 not a perfect Tea climate. It is too dry and too cold. 

 The soil is good for Tea, better than that of the Dhoon, 

 but inferior to some rich soils in the Himalayan oak forests. 

 Local labour is obtainable at cheap rates. Distance makes 

 transport for export very difficult ; but a good local market 

 now exists in the Punjab, and a good deal of Tea is bought 

 at the fairs, and taken away by the wild tribes over the 

 border. With the limited cultivation there, I should hope 

 planters will find a market for all their produce. Manure 

 must be obtainable (manure had not been thought of for 

 Tea when I visited Kangra), and if liberally applied, it will 

 increase the yield greatly. 



Kangra is strictly a Himalayan district, but the 

 elevation is moderate, if I remember right, about 3,000 

 feet, and the land is so slightly sloping it may almost 

 be called level. A great advantage this over the steep 

 lands, on which most of the Himalayan gardens, many 

 in Cachar, and some in Assam and Chittagong, are 

 planted. 



Kangra is not the best place for a man who wants to 

 make money by Tea ; but for one who would be content to 

 settle there, and content to make a livelihood by it, a more 

 desirable spot with a more charming climate could not be 

 found. Land, however, is not easily procured. 



The Teas produced in Kangra are of a peculiarly deli- 

 cate flavour, and are consequently highly esteemed in the 

 London market. 



DARJEELING. 



This, too, I have seen since I published the first 

 edition of this Essay. The elevation of the station, 6,900 



