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to the square mile. As however | of the province, consisting of -^ snow in 

 the north, and ^V turraee in the south, isahnost wholly uninhabited, the pro- 

 portion in the remaining parts will be about 40| persons to tl;ie square mile. 

 The proportion of Mohammedans is extremely small, as they are only 

 to be found in the towns of Almora and Srhiagar, and in tw^o or three 

 villages along the Ghats to the plains; the former amount to 494*, and the 

 latter 154i ; to these may be added the troops and camp followers of the same 

 sect, estimated at 100, and the total will then stand at 718. 



A detail of the inhabitants of the towns is here subjoined: 



Houses. Males. Females. Children. 



Almora, 742 1369 1178 068 



Srinagar, 561 945 887 512 



Champawat, 61 338 details not given. 



Joshimath, 182 225 392 101 



The great proportion of females to males in the latter town, may be as- 

 cribed to the number of female slaves, the property of the temple of Bada- 

 drinath. 



On the Zoology of the province, it is not pretended to offer scientific 

 descriptions, but merely to notice any peculiarities to be found among the 

 animals in these mountains. The animals of the Bhawar or Tarai are too 

 well known to require any notice ; but it maybe stated, that the elephants 

 in that quarter are numerous, and many of the herds are represented by the 

 Zemindars as very large. A few of these animals are annually caught by 

 means of Kumki elephants, at the expense of the Nawab of Rampur. The 

 practice of digging pits is forbidden, and as the elephants are now little 

 molested, it is to be hoped that they may, at some future period, prove avail- 

 able to the service of the state» The domestic animals are the same as in the 



