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or sixty houses, and situated about mid- way up the h'A], m a large 

 Indented SGOOp43f: the mountain, in which several other small villages; 

 are disposed; .and the adjaceiitlandg.twell cultivated. , Tiie march to-da^ 

 is calculated at twelve hiii' C(?5,^nd '6outd mm- be less ■ than thirteen or 

 fourteen miles „ The.l^aitjess ^nd' ine%ua;litie:9 of the road rendered the 

 journey very fatiguing, and the greater part of the Baggage remained 

 In the rear„ ',■■'■;■' ^'^ ■■■-- ■•■:•■' -■-:..:..: -^d.. ..•.:■ ^ 



The forests, through which we passed this day, abounded in hazel, 

 walnut, and horse cliesnut trees ; while the ypper parts of the mountains 

 were covered with different species of the Sr, called Deodar. Amon^ 

 the productions of this forest was a species of oak, called Khaira. The 

 leaves oval, firm and indented, the young ones only pointed, of a bright 

 glossy green above, and rather lighter below. The stem rises straight^ 

 to a considerable height before it branches. The acorns are now ripe, and 

 of an amazing size ; some of them as iargej and in the form of a pigeon 'ig 

 egg. The trunk and branches covered with a thick mosSo Soriieof 

 these trees attain the height of sixty or seventy feet. The acorns are' 

 given to cattle. Here we saw fOf the fifSt time the Bhojpatr treec The 

 leaf is about two inches long, oval and sawed. The back of the stem, m 

 young trees, is smooth- and glossy, of a light chocolate colour, speckled 

 with small white spots. As the tree grows up, the b.irk acquires a 

 greyish hue, and becomes hard and sbabfous, cracking or dividing into 

 small pieces. Below are live or six inner coats or rinds, which come off 

 in sheets, and are the parts used by the natives as paper, and in the 

 manufacture of Hooka snakes, .When unprotected by the outer bark, 

 these coats peel off in shivers, giving a very ragged ,tatfered apnearance 

 to the tree. The small twigs are of the colour and resenible b;rch. If 



