﻿THE 
  LANDSLIPS. 
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  Kohima, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  

   in 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  Manipur, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  im- 
  

   possible 
  to 
  obtain 
  any 
  information. 
  No 
  landslips 
  were 
  observed 
  

   in 
  the 
  Mikir 
  Hills 
  east 
  of 
  Nowgong, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Sylhet 
  

   valley. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  ranee 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  with 
  its 
  deeply 
  cut, 
  steep 
  sided 
  

   valleys 
  is 
  always 
  a 
  region 
  of 
  landslips. 
  Every 
  year, 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  

   of 
  places, 
  the 
  strain 
  becomes 
  too 
  great 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  or 
  smaller 
  mass 
  

   of 
  soilcap 
  and 
  partially 
  weathered 
  rock 
  is 
  detached, 
  and 
  crashes 
  into 
  

   the 
  valley 
  below. 
  In 
  such 
  a 
  region, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  large 
  areas 
  of 
  

   hillside 
  in 
  a 
  critical 
  condition, 
  and 
  the 
  restraint 
  on 
  the 
  movement 
  of 
  

   the 
  soilcap 
  almost 
  in 
  equilibrium 
  with 
  the 
  downward 
  pull 
  of 
  gravity, 
  

   the 
  effect 
  of 
  a 
  severe 
  earthquake 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  be 
  great 
  ; 
  and 
  

   such 
  was 
  in 
  fact 
  the 
  case. 
  All 
  along 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Brahma- 
  

   putra 
  Valley, 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  is 
  scarred 
  by 
  landslips, 
  even 
  

   to 
  beyond 
  Tezpur. 
  In 
  all 
  years 
  some 
  are 
  seen, 
  but 
  after 
  the 
  rains 
  of 
  

   1897 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  most 
  unusual 
  abundance, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  of 
  great 
  size. 
  As 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Brahma- 
  

   putra 
  steamers, 
  they 
  are 
  abundant 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Tezpur, 
  but 
  

   the 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  marked 
  

   much 
  eastwards 
  of 
  this. 
  Westwards 
  from 
  the 
  meridian 
  of 
  Tezpur, 
  

   they 
  get 
  more 
  numerous, 
  and, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  judged 
  from 
  the 
  

   reports, 
  attain 
  their 
  maximum 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Goalpara 
  District, 
  

   in 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  not 
  visible 
  from 
  the 
  Brahmaputra. 
  In 
  Bhutan, 
  

   landslips 
  are 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  numerous 
  and 
  extended 
  far 
  back 
  

   into 
  the 
  hills. 
  They 
  were 
  observed 
  in 
  north-eastern 
  Sikkim, 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  south 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  were 
  formed 
  even 
  as 
  far 
  west 
  as 
  Darjiling, 
  

   but 
  apparently 
  not 
  in 
  Nepal. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  this 
  that 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  land- 
  

   slips 
  was 
  more 
  extensive 
  in 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  south 
  of 
  

   the 
  Brahmaputra 
  Valley, 
  and 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  

   the 
  earthquake 
  wave 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  readily 
  transmitted 
  along 
  the 
  

   Himalayas 
  than 
  through 
  the 
  crystalline 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  Shillong 
  plateau 
  

  

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