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in the grandeur of its scenery and the picturesque 

 loveliness of its situation, is the valley of Kangra. 

 Many consider this valley more beautiful even than 

 Cashmere, and I cannot better conclude this hurried 

 and imperfect Review, than by the following- extracts 

 from the official report of Mr. G. Carnac Barnes, 

 B.C.S., on the settlement of this part of the coun- 

 try, in which he has sketched, at once so graphically 

 mid so faithfully, the noble features of this ' Happy 

 Valley/ that I make no apology for the space I allot 

 to his interesting- remarks. 



INTRODUCTION. 



" The District of Kot Kangra, with nominal 

 exceptions, comprises all the Hill Territory belong- 

 ing- to the British Government, situated between the 

 Rivers Ravee and Sutlej. It extends from Shah- 

 pore, near the Ravee on the West, in Lat. 32 30', 

 Long. 75 45', to the borders of Chinese Tartary in 

 Lat. 32, Long. 78 10'. The Northern extremity 

 touches upon Ladakh, and the Southern limits of 

 the district rest upon the plains of the Baree and 

 Julundhur Doabs." 



ENTIRE DISTRICT. 



" The area contained within these general confines 

 can only be conjectured, since a great portion has 

 not been, and may never be, surveyed. The entire 

 space may be roughly estimated at 8,000 square 

 miles. Three of the Punjab Rivers, the Bens, the 



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