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family group or Christmas feast that "merrie England" 

 would afford, and " exile " though you term yourself 

 that, notwithstanding all, your lot is one that not a few 

 would envy. 



I cannot end without quoting a few paragraphs from 

 the Settlement Report of the Kangra Valley,* by Mr. 

 G. Carnac Barne, of the Bengal Civil Service, as by 

 so doing the reader, in a few eloquent words, will obtain 

 not only a description worthy of the subject, but he 

 may be induced to procure a book that, interesting to 

 all, to colonists in the Kangra Valley is invaluable. In 

 the Appendix is annexed a valuable table of the pro- 

 ducts of this valley from Mr. Barnes 5 Report. 



" The district of Kot Kangra, with nominal excep- 

 tions, comprises all the hill territory belonging to the 

 British Government, situated between the Bavee and 

 Sutlej. It extends from Shahpore, near the Eavee, 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 Jullundur Doabs. 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 Punjaub rivers, 



* Report on the Settlement in the District of Kangra in the Trans- 

 Sutlej States, by George Carnac Barnes, Bengal Civil Service (Printed 

 by Authority). Lahore, 1855. Printed at the Chronicle Press by 

 Mahomed Azum. 



