KHASI HILLS. 



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water-courses, which penetrate the hills on either flank ; the sides of 

 these glens being almost invariably thickly and beautifully clothed with 

 wood, which ceases abruptly at the top as if cut off with the axe along 

 the crest of the glen ; the want of protection from the prevailing winds, 

 as well as the character of the soil, entirely preventing the growth 

 of any timber. 



On the Southern flank of the range, within the Khasi territory, the 

 many streams which drain the ridge, and carry off 



River gorges deep and ■' nil 



numerous. the enormous fall of rain that annually takes place 



here, flow in deep though not wide glens, which stretch into the hills for 





Fig. I. 



