KANGRA-XtnjJ EPiCENTRAL AREA. 2U 



bad the Switzer Hotel a short way further south. The. devastation 

 was so intense in this bazar, and the confusion of building material so 

 complete that beyond the fact that the collapse was as perfect as 

 could be, there is nothing more to be said. 



The same remarks apply to the very large Kotwali bazar, situated 

 low down on the Civil ridge, which was also com- 



Kotwali bazar. , • ■■■ ' . m 



pletely levelled as regards the shops and native 

 houses. The site of this immense bazar was not in fact merely a 

 ruin but a thick deposit of house-rubbish some five feet high through 

 which it had been necessary to cut out roaols and lanes for rescue and 

 salvage operations. Plate 6, fig. 1, will give some idea of the appear- 

 ance of the eastern half of this convulsed jumble of what had once 

 been a busy town. 



The jail site was badly fissured, and a drop of about 10 ft. took 

 place along a line parallel to those made by subsi- 

 dences of the ground during previous years which 

 damaged the jail site and led to its being condemned (see pi. 6, fig. 2). 

 This drop of 10 ft. had cut through buildings and water channels and 

 also through what was the wall of the jail compound. The latter 

 -presented a curious appearance as it had become simply a rampart of 

 loose blocks of stone. Both it and the subsidence clifl are seen in the 

 photograph. Other minor subsideDces and fissures extended along 

 the slope towards the west. 



The Sessions House, a heavv stone building, south of McLeodganj 

 The Sessions bazar, had a portion of the walls still standing. One 



House. window frame vertically projecting out of the debris 



had a large number o"f panes unbroken. The ridge is very narrow here. 

 The following private dwellings are only mentioned as being illustra- 

 tive and not exhaustive. The first, situated on the 



Private dwellings. 



higher and broader part of the Civil Hill overlook- 

 ing Bagsu JSath temple, is north of McLeodganj bazar. The other 

 three are all south of that place : — 



" Welcome Lodge " was not an absolute ruin, but was severely fis- 

 sured and partly destroyed. 



" Cedar House," a double -storied building, beautifully situated 

 among green lawns and deodar pines, had utterly collapsed, and was 



