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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897, 
  

  

  agree 
  in 
  the 
  character 
  that 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  is 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  

   another 
  plateau 
  sloping 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  steep 
  ascent. 
  

   These 
  ranges 
  vary 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  height, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  they 
  

   have 
  a 
  general 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  or 
  east-south-east 
  and 
  west-north-west 
  

   direction, 
  and 
  die 
  out 
  gradually 
  at- 
  either 
  end, 
  though 
  occasionally 
  

   they 
  end 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  cross 
  range 
  or 
  scarp. 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  character 
  are 
  She 
  Tura 
  and 
  Arbela 
  ranges 
  in 
  the 
  Garo 
  

   hills, 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  15 
  ,* 
  the 
  high 
  ridge 
  of 
  the 
  Shillong 
  peak, 
  which 
  over- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  15. 
  View 
  of 
  the 
  Arbela 
  range, 
  from 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Tura. 
  

  

  looks 
  the 
  lower 
  plateau 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  station 
  of 
  Shillong 
  is 
  built 
  is 
  of 
  

   a 
  similar 
  character, 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  Maothadraishan 
  (Mauterichan) 
  range, 
  

   along 
  whose 
  foot 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Nongstoin 
  runs, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  

   ranges. 
  Looking 
  from 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  ranges 
  it 
  is 
  im- 
  

   possible 
  to 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  undulating 
  plateau 
  which 
  stretches 
  away 
  in 
  

  

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