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Bavee, and the Chenab, take their rise within this 

 tract. Various races of men belonging- to distinct 

 types of the human family, and speaking- different 

 languages, are distributed over its surface. Here 

 are Hills just raised above the level of the plain, 

 and mountain crests higher than any peak of the 

 Andes. Every zone of climate and variety of vege- 

 tation is here to be met with, from the scorching 

 heat and exuberant growth of the tropics, to barren 

 heights destitute of verdure, and capped with per- 

 petual snow. 7 ' 



PARALLEL RANGES. 



" KangTa consists of a series of parallel ranges, 

 divided by longitudinal Valleys, the general direc- 

 tion of which, from North-west to South-east, have 

 determined the shape of the District. These ridges 

 and valleys increase gradually in elevation as they 

 recede from the plains, and approach the snowy 

 barrier which forms the Northern Boundary. The 

 characteristic features of Hill and Valley are best 

 defined where nearest the plains. Thus, the border 

 chain, which separates the level tracts of the Doab 

 from the Hills, run in an uniform course from Hajee- 

 pore on the Beas, to Boopur on the Banks of the 

 Sutlej. The Valley which it incloses, known as the 

 " Juswun Doon," preserves the same regular sim- 

 plicity, and stretches in one unbroken parallel to the 

 same extremes. But the further we penetrate into 

 the interior of this mountain system, the less these 



