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rest of the road is tolerably level and good. About another 10 miles brings 

 you to Kotila (or Koteleh). The road is not so good as on the former 

 march. The fort at this place is of the same style as the one at Kan 

 gra, but not nearly so strong. It possesses all its disadvantages only in 

 a much greater degree. It is likewise built on a conglomerate rock. 

 One company under a native commissioned Officer of the 2d Sikh Regi- 

 ment has charge of it. The fort is raised about 200 feet above the level 

 of two streams, which unite under its walls. Within this angle and at 

 the bottom of the ravine is placed the large village of the same name. 

 About a couple of miles before one arrives at that place the road passes 

 through the village of Jhullugnath, inhabited by Cashmiris, who are 

 employed in the manufacture of shawls. Close by there is a large 

 forest of oaks in which I noticed several instances of the peepul growing 

 out of the oak. 



17. Noorpoor is about 12 miles from Kotila, and is the largest town 

 in the Kohistan of the Jhullundhur. The other large towns are 

 Kangra, Bhuwun, Joala, Monkhee, Shajanpoor, Tira, and Mundinuggur. 

 Next to these come Nadoun, Sookeyt and Sultanpoor. Noorpoor con- 

 tains about 10,000 inhabitants, principally Cashmiris, whose chief 

 employment is in the manufacture of shawls. Working from sunrise 

 to sunset, with only one hour's relaxation, they earn but \ anna a day 

 each ; boys from 6 to 8 years are employed as well as men. The method 

 of manufacturing shawls has often been minutely described and there- 

 fore it is needless for me to do so in this place. The fort looks more 

 like a dilapidated Serai than any thing else. Two companies of native 

 infantry under a Captain, from one of the regiments of the line station- 

 ed at Cajeepore, occupy it. The town and fort are built on a tongue 

 of land formed by a considerable nullah making a broad sweep. This 

 stream flows a hundred feet or more below them in a narrow and tor- 

 tuous ravine. For eight months of the year it is nearly dry. The town 

 covers a considerable space but the streets are narrow, and dirty and 

 the inhabitants squalid and miserable. The whole is overlooked by 

 high hills. A fort, the name of which I forgot to note down, is perched 

 on a conical peak bearing nearly due north. The country round Noor- 

 poor is very hilly, and the road between it and Kotila is decidedly bad, 

 Before the road reaches the former place it passes through a small un- 

 dulating valley which is not distinguished by any particular name that 



