ON THE 



GENERAL FEATURES OF THE HILLS. 



The station of Cherra Poonjee (a) is situated near the Southern 

 crest of the extensive plateau of tolerably flat-topped hills, which rise sud- 

 denly from the plains of Sylhet, and stretch in a direction nearly due 

 East and West, almost continuously from the valley of the Brahmaputra 

 on the West, to Munnipoor and into the Burman empire on the East. 

 On three sides this range is surrounded by a great extent of flat coun- 

 try, the elevation of which above the sea is but trifling. On the North, 

 it is separated from the Bhotan Mountains by the great valley of the 

 river Brahmaputra, and the territories of Assam. On the South, the 

 extensive plains of Sylhet intervene between it and the Tipperah hUls ; 

 while on the West, the valley of the Ganges and the level districts of 

 Mymensing, Rajshaie and Moorshedabad, separate it from the Rajmahal 

 hills. 



Seen from the plains to the South, this range of hills presents rather 

 a tameness of feature. It has a remarkably regu- 

 lar and flat outline, few points overtopping the 

 general ridge, and few deep glens or valleys breaking the crest. 



The Western extremity of this ridge is known by the general name 



of the Garrow or Garo hills, being inhabited by 

 Garo hills. 



the half-civilized tribe of that name. A large 



(a) Cherra Poonjee is approximately iu latitude 25° 16' 35" JSorth ; and longitude 91° 

 43' 55" East. — (ThuiUier and Smi/l/i's Manual of Surveying for India, 1852.^ 



