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observe that it is a well known fact, that wood grown in hilly countries 

 is far superior to that grown in the deep soil of the plains. The trees 

 are longer in coming to perfection, and mature their juices more slowly 

 and solidly. This is particularly exemplified in the Sandal wood, which 

 never is possessed in the plain of the good rich scent that it has when 

 growing in the hills of Mysore, about 2000 feet above the sea/* The 

 Cedar of Lebanon also, which I believe to be identical with Cedrns deodar 

 of the Himalayas, is almost valueless as a timber tree, unless grown in 

 rocky stony places, where there is but little soil. It is very remarkable 

 A to observe the difference of the quality of the Deodar wood which is 

 * grown on the south side of the snowy range from that produced in 



Kunawur on the precipitous sides of the Sutledge. Another remark I 

 would particularly call attention to, is the felling of timber at the pro- 

 per season when the sap is at rest. It requires no botanist to point out 

 when this is to be done, as although the leaves do not fall off in India, 

 as in more temperate climates, it is impossible to find any difficulty 

 in deciding from the appearance of the tree, when the time for felling 

 has arrived. When the sap is rising, the leaves are generally some- 

 what soft and perfect. When it is at rest, the leaves are harder, and in 

 India almost always corroded by insects. In consequence of the facility 

 of barking a tree when the sap is rising, oaks are often felled at this 

 season in England, always with disadvantage to the timber, and this 

 same facility of barking may also be an inducement to others in this 

 country to fell timber at improper periods of the year. >* 



Report on a Passage made on the Nurbudda River, from the Falls of 

 Bharee to Mundlaisir, by Lieut. Keatinge, and of a similar pas- 

 sage from Mundlaisir to Baroach, by Lieut. Evans. (Communicated 

 by the Government of the N. W. Provinces.) 



No. 753 of 1847. 

 From J. Thornton, Esquire, Secretary to Government N. W. P., 



To the Secretary to the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, dated Head Quar- 

 ters, the \th October, 1847. 

 Sir, — I am directed by the Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor N. W. 



Provinces, to forward to you for submission to the Asiatic Society, the 



