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as it does a fine, equal, cool climate, and having 

 good soil, with little streams flowing in every direc- 

 tion throughout the year. In fact, many of the 

 fruits and flowers of the plains, Mangoes, Limes, 

 Chumgars, Cuchenar, &c. grow there indigenously 

 in profusion ; and also a great variety of the most 

 beautiful flowers that are found in places of the 

 same height; the distance,E. S. E. from Hoshun- 

 gabad, is about from 50 to 60 miles. Another 

 place is at Baitool ; where the heat is very mode- 

 rate, compared to what it is at Hoshungabad, but 

 certainly nothing to equal Fuchmurry in coolness, 

 and advantages of water. 



(Signed) j. \y. OUSELV, Major, 



Principal Assistant to the, Commissioner. 



1st. At Hoshungabad. The soil is black, rich al- 

 luvial, having a depth of 30 or 40 feet, and generally 

 the same from the Gunjal to Jhansyghaut, on the 

 Nerbudda near Jubbulpore. The climate is not 

 very cold in the winter season ; I have in 15 or 16 

 years here, only twice witnessed the effects of severe 

 frost. From April until the rains set in, about 

 120th June, it is very hot. Hot winds blow from 

 S A. M. until 9 r. M., but the nights are cool and 



