STATISTICAL SKETC 



OF 



Bt GEORGE WILLIAM TRAILL, Esq. 



Commissioner for the Affairs of Kamaon, 



IvAMAON, with the annexed territory of Gerhwal, forms almost an 

 equilateral parallelogram facing N. E. and S. W. On the north, where it is 

 separated from Tartary by the Himalaya, the frontier extends from Long. 

 79° 15' Lat. 31° 4/, to Long. §0° 4>5' Lat. 30° 10', giving a line of about 100 

 miles : the eastern boundary which is formed by the river Kali, or Sarde, gives 

 a line of 110 miles, extending from Lat. 30° 10' Long. 80° 45', to Lat. 26° 2' 

 Long. 80°. On the west, the province is divided from the Raj of GerJvwal by the 

 rivers Kali and Alakananda, with a line of frontier of about 110 miles, stretch- 

 ing from Lat. 31° 4/ Long. 79° 15', to Lat. 29° 55' Long. 78° 10'; and 

 on the south, the province joins on Rohilkund, the line of demarcation 

 being nearly parallel and equal to that on the north. 



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