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east, the declivity of the ridge of Nayakote is precipitous ; but towards 

 the junction of the two streams, in a south-westerly direction, the 

 hill falls off more gently, and about a mile and a half below the 

 town, spreads into an undulating plaiuj which occupies almost the 

 whole space between the rivers to their junction, and the ridge on which 

 the town stands. This tract may be represented as a nearly equi- 

 lateral triangle, two of the sides of which are formed by the rivers, and 

 the third by the ridge. This triangle is a plain, exclusive of the declin- 

 ing spur of the ridge — and is slu elevated plain, exclusive of that north- 

 easterly angle lying on either side the Tadi, towards, and to its junc- 

 tion with the Sindhu at the base of Bhaloo Danra. This north-east 

 corner is on the level of the rivers, the rest are variously from 1 to 400 

 feet above their level ; and together they constitute the chief part and 

 body, as it were, of the lowland district of Nayakote, the rest, or legs 

 (so to speak with some aptness) of the district, being the glens of the 

 Tadi and of the Sindhu as far upwards, respectively, as the confluence 

 of the Likhoo, and the base of Burmandee. The mountain ridges 

 enclosing the district of Nayakote, as above defined, are, beginning 

 with the Nayakote ridge itself, and circling east back again to it — Maha 

 Mandal, Nerja (north of Tadi), Kabilas (dividing the Tadi and the 

 Likhoo), Bhaloo (dividing the Likhoo and the Sindhu), Dang-mai or 

 Burmandee, Madompoor, and Ghoor (enclosing the glen of the Sindhu 

 on the south), Belkote (carrying on the same southern barrier down 

 the Tadi to Devi Ghaut), Jhiltoong (below the ghaut, but still 

 on the south of the river), Phirkiab (opposite to Jhiltoong on the 

 north of, and across the river), and Gowri and Samari-bhanjang 

 (running northerly up the Trisool to the Sunga, or bridge at Khin- 

 chat), where we complete the circuit by linking the last to the 

 Nayakote ridge, the two in that spot pressing close on either bank of 

 the river. With regard to size, if we speak of this tract as a whole, 

 it will not be easy to be at once precise and distinct ; but we may observe 

 in regard to the body of the district inclusive of the north-east corner 

 on the low level, that from Devi Ghaut direct, up the Trisool to the 

 Sunga at Khinchat, the length is four miles, by the road five miles; from 

 Devi Ghaut to the town of Nayakote from four to five miles through the 

 middle of the elevated portion of the district ; from Devi Ghaut up the 

 Tadi to its junction with the Sindhu, four miles ; and the same from the 



