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expanse of cultivation, and lend an additional 

 charm to the landscape. 



" There are mountainous massess still undescribed, 

 which it is difficult to bring under 

 cription! " either of the broad distinctions of 



ridge or Valley. If they fall under 

 either definition they should properly be classed as 

 valleys, although in shape and aspect they more 

 resemble hills. Besides being contained within the 

 parallel chains, and on the area that would be 

 occupied by the valley, they belong to a later 

 formation. Instead of the secondary sandstone we 

 have a clay soil, and rounded pebbles mixed with 

 conglomerate rocks. Such for instance are the lo^r 

 alluvial eminences which constitute the Talooquas 

 of Burgiraon, Teera, Muhul Loree, and that portion 

 of Rajgeeree south of the river Beas. An English 

 traveller, Mr. Vigne, passing through the hills of 

 Muhul Moree, compared them, not inaptly, to an 

 agitated Sea suddenly arrested and fixed into stone. 

 The crests are like angry waves succeeding one 

 another in tumultuous array, and assuming the 

 most fantastic forms. Viewed from a distance when 

 the tops alone are visible, these hills have a blesik 

 and barren aspect. Their sides are often bare and 

 precipitous, and it is a peculiarity of the tract that 

 it is entirely destitute of forest trees. Not a hut is 

 to be seen, not a single field to relieve and gladden 

 the eye. Approach nearer, and how sudden and 



