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CHAPTER II. 



Of North Western India the Slopes of the 

 Himalayas the Valley of Kanyra. 



Having thus given an impartial sketch of the 

 experiments made in Assam, I shall proceed to give 

 some account of the success which attended similar 

 experiments made in other parts of India. It 

 will be recollected that the slopes of the Himalayas, 

 at altitudes varying from two to six thousand feet, 

 had been recommended by almost all authorities, 

 ns better adapted than any other part of India 

 for the successful cultivation of tea. Sir Joseph 

 Banks, Dr. Govan, Dr. "Wallich, Dr. Falconer, and 

 Professor Royle, all, with some differences as to 

 altitudes, concurred in this opinion, and there 

 can be no doubt, that facts, as ascertained at 

 the time, fully justified the conclusion at which 

 they arrived. It was generally believed that all 

 the best teas that reach England from China, were 

 grown in the north, the climate of which is tem- 

 perate, and in winter extremely cold. Many of 



ie plants and flora of parts of China, were found 



