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TEA D1STKICTS OF CHINA. 



Chap. XXII. 



with those which I met with on the Bohea mountains, 

 and on the hills of Chekiang and Kiang-see. I might 

 here give the names of the different plants met with 

 on this journey from Mussooree to Paorie, but it will, 

 perhaps, be better for me to refer the reader for such 

 information to Eoyle's 4 Illustrations of the Botany 

 of the Himalayan Mountains.' 



On the morning of the 6th of June we arrived at 

 the Guddowli plantation near Paorie. This planta- 

 tion is situated in the province of Eastern Gurhwal, 

 in latitude 30° 8' north, and in longitude 78° 45' 

 east. It consists of a large tract of terraced land, 

 extending from the bottom of a valley or ravine to 

 more than 1000 feet up the sides of the mountain. 

 Its lowest portion is about 4300 feet, and its highest 

 5300 feet, above the level of the sea : the surrounding 

 mountains appear to be from 7000 to 8000 feet 

 high. The plantation has not been measured, but 

 there are, apparently, fully one hundred acres under 

 cultivation. 



There are about 500,000 plants, about 3400 of 

 which were planted in 1844 and are now in full 

 bearing ; the greater portion of the others are much 

 younger, having been planted out only one, two, or 

 three years. There are besides a large number of 

 seedlings in beds ready for transplanting. 



The soil consists of a mixture of loam, sand, and 

 vegetable matter, is of a yellow colour, and is most 

 suitable for the cultivation of the tea-plant. It re- 

 sembles greatly the soil of the best tea districts in 

 China. A considerable quantity of stones are mixed 



