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cover the little streams ; warehouses are rapidly rising ; 

 seeds are sown, and small transplanted shrubs are 

 taking root. Near to the newly-rising buildings,* a 

 little shed contains the busy blacksmith, hard by whom 

 a brick-kiln, fed by the useless trees of the cleared 

 ground, is baking steadily the bricks that in another 

 place are being ground up, as an ingredient, with lime, 

 hemp, and molasses, to make mortar, wherewith to 

 cement together the stones that, heaped in piles, 

 obstruct the way. Goodly stacks of slates abound, 

 from many of which, under the active hands of the 

 cutter, bits fly recklessly about, warning you to keep 

 your distance. 



1 The warm sun shines steadily on the whole scene, 

 squeezing tears of resin from the newly-cut fir planks, 

 and browning at the same time the face and hands of 

 the settler, who, protected by a heavy turban, braves 

 its rays with impunity, and whose sturdy frame and 

 hearty voice speak well of the healthy nature of the 

 Kangra valley, proving the advantage, at the same time, 

 that an enterprising, busy man, on the amount of whose 

 daily toil his proportion of ultimate success depends, 

 obtains over any one whose duties are insufficient to call 

 forth all his various energies, 



The tea-plant has been cultivated in India for upwards 

 of twenty-five years. Brought, in the first instance, by 

 Government from China, it has been since fostered with 

 uncommon care. The late Dr. Royle was first instru- 

 mental in importing and cultivating it, and of late years 



* I had the satisfaction of laying the first stone of the dwelling- 

 house of the first British settler in the Punjaub. 



