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Within ten miles of Jytuk, near Nahun, is another called Ren Kee Tal. 

 It is in breath about 400 feet, and in length, as measured by the peram- 

 bulator, one mile and a half. In common with all the others it is said 

 to be of great depth, and to abound with excellent fish. A pool at the 

 head of the Tonse, called Resul Kee Tal, and thought by the mountaineers 

 to be unfathomable, may also be mentioned. As likewise a similar pool 

 at the head of the Dinee river, one of the feeders of the Bhageerettee. 

 The waters of all these are perfectly sweet and tasteless. 



71. Along the foot of the mountains extends a tract called Bhabur, 

 which has been always I believe reckoned an integral part of the moun- 

 tains, politically speaking ; it is of considerable elevation, and is farther 

 distinguished by an almost total deficiency of springs or running streams, 

 excepting such as, issuing from the mountains with a large body of 

 water and considerable force, make their way through it without having 

 their waters engulphed. 



72. It is bounded to the southward by a line of springs or water- 

 heads, which is also the northern boundary of the tract called the Terrai, 

 one equally distinguished with the former from the southern plain 

 country, but occasionally annexed to it and occasionally to the hills. This 

 tract is remarkable for its moisture, as the other is for its dryness. 

 Water in the driest season, (March 1826,) is never more than thirteen 

 feet from the surface, generally much less. It is intersected by numer- 

 ous streams, which with the inclination of the surface, affords such 

 facilities for irrigation, as to render the tract, when fully cultivated, 

 highly productive. 



73. The Terrai is defined in its southern boundary by a rise or step, 

 which runs parallel to the common boundary of mountain and plain land. 

 This rise is a very singular feature in the aspect of the country, and forcibly 

 impresses the spectator with the idea of some great catastrophe in which 

 water has been the chief agent. The height is variable, and occasionally 

 is as much as thirty feet, sometimes it is sudden or steep ; and it is then 

 intersected by ravines, the effect of floods in the rains ; sometimes it is gra- 

 dual, and it is then liable to be mistaken for an undulation of the sur- 

 face ; sometimes it consists of two banks or steps, and occasionally 

 even of three ; a similar step or break in the surface is found to accompany 

 the course of each of the rivers after quitting the mountains. In this 

 case, it torms the boundary of what is called the khadir, which as may 



