APPENDICES, 



APPENDIX A. 



Annual Sanitary Eeport on the Station of Dhurmsalla and 

 Convalescent Depot, with remarks on the Climate, $c., 

 by Dr. J. J. T. Lawrence, Civil Surgeon of Dltiurm- 

 salla, for the year ending March 31st, 1860. 



1 . DHURMSALLA or Bhagsoo is situated on the southernmost of 

 the main Himalayan chains, which rises to an altitude of more 

 than 16,000 feet immediately above it. The spring of the 

 mountains from the plain is very sudden and abrupt. Kangra, 

 about twelve miles distant from the bottom of the station, is less 

 than 2,500 feet above the sea, and the native lines at Dhurm- 

 salla not more than 3,700 feet, so that there is a sheer rise of 

 more than 12,000 feet from them to the highest peaks. There 

 are no low ranges between Dhurmsalla and the plains until the 

 hills round Kangra are reached, and the southern face of the 

 chain is free and open. The station is built on two subsidiary 

 spars, which descend from the main range at right angles, and 

 it occupies their crests and ' slopes, and so has somewhat of a 

 horseshoe shape. The principal chain has a slight north-westerly 

 direction, and its spurs run north and south, and slope east and 

 west. On the eastern of the two are a majority of the houses of 

 the station, at elevations varying from 3,700 feet to 6,100 feet 

 above the sea ; and on the western are the Convalescent Depot 

 buildings and a few houses. 



The supply of water is derived from springs and streams fed 

 by the drainage from the high range, and the melting snow on 

 it It is amply sufficient for domestic use, but not for gardens 

 and irrigation, except at the bottom of the station. The best 

 springs are of excellent quality ; and although the water close to 

 the barracks is not so good, they could easily be supplied from 



