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varieties of vegetable products, some description of the former appears 

 requisite. 



The heat is generally moderate, as will be seen from the annexed state- 

 ment of the average range of the thermometer in the shade, throughout the 

 twelve months. 



7 A. M, 2 P. M. 7 A. M. 2 P. M„ 



January, 35° 47» July, 72° 78^ 



February 37" 55^ August, 72° 79° 



March, 46° 61* September, 67° 75 



April, 64° 66° October, 55° 69 



May, 57° 73° November, 42° 60 



June, 73° 76° December, 34° 52° 



These observations v»^ere taken at Hawil Bagh, an elevation of 3887 feet 

 above the sea. The heat necessarily diminishes, as the height increases. At 

 Almoray which is, as already stated, 5400 feet above that level, the difference 

 is between two and tliree degrees less than the above average, and so on 

 in proportion. During the cold season, on the contrary, from the greater 

 evaporation, the thermometer, before sun-rise, is always lowest in the valleys, 

 and the frost more intense there than on hills of moderate height, (that is 

 below 7000 feet,) while at noon the sun is more powerful. The extremes, 

 in twenty-four hours, have been more than once 18" and 51", being a dif- 

 ference of 33° J an inequality which proves destructive of horticulture, 

 and highly injurious to trees until they have attained a certain age, 

 after which they are no longer affected by such changes. Snow by 

 no means falls equally every season ; the natives fix every third year as 

 likely to be snowy. No year, however, passes without its partial occurrence. 

 The snow never lies but on the mountain tops and ridges, and from 

 thence it soon disappears, unless sheltered from the sun by forests : where the 



