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bonded towers, often built kat-ki-kuni, seemed to have generally stood 

 well both in the IX and VIII areas, damage only appearing where the 

 timbers had manifestly rotted. 



Large numbers of cattle are said to have perished in parts of this 

 area, e.g., Mandi and.Suket, owing to the custom of sheltering them in 

 the lowest stories of the houses. In other parts many perished in caves 

 and by being overwhelmed in rock avalanches. The heavier Mandi 

 slates, which are much thicker than those got near Dharmsala, would 

 have contributed no doubt to the destruction of houses more than they 

 did had it not been for the freer use of better and stouter timbers in 

 the roof. 



Of the bungalows set apart for travellers nearly all showed fairly 

 Bungalows. well the average and moderate damage of this area, 



which fell far short of complete destruction except in the case of one or 

 two of ancient and poor construction, e.g., Jhatingri and Kataula. The 

 majority were being repaired as they stood by partial renewal of 

 portions of the walls, roofs, etc. In rare cases, such as at Shahpur, one 

 could still use a room or verandah, at a pinch, whilst well-built private 

 bungalows and native houses at Bajaura, Mandi and Jhatingri still 

 remained quite habitable though much rent and fissured. 



Although the travellers' bungalows differ among themselves a good 

 deal, they are perhaps the most uniform of any buildings for comparison. 

 It will be remembered that all such were ruined within area X. Within 

 the present isoseist No. IX we may tabulate the results as follows : — 



Travellers' bungalow at 



Summary of damage done. 



Shahpur 



Ranital 



Jawalamukhi 

 Baijnath 



Dhelu 



Single storied, partly of dressed stone and brick set in 

 mud mortar. Slate roof on iron rafters. It was. badly 

 rent, chimneys fell, end walls just did not fall. 



Double storied building. Badly rent, portions of 

 upper walls ruined. 



Equal to Shahpur or Ranital. 



Badly rent and fissured, worse than Shahpur, not so 

 bad as Ranital. 



Chimneys fell, bungalow still standing, rent and 

 fissured. 



