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CLTiid Mountains of N. W. India. 



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Ther. Moist Bulb.Barom. Merc.Sprinsf of water. 



ApriH, ei^htA. M 64 49.5 24.84 71* 63'5 



Oct. 2, half past seven a.m. 62-5 



July 22, eisht a m 68 65'5 



„ four p.M 79 



Mussooree and L 'ndour are on the elevate^l range which rises imme- 

 diately Hbove the Deyra Doon, and where a Sana avium for the recovery 

 of the hf^alth of European soldiprs h^s been established, as well as 

 hous^es built by offi'^ers, and wber^ I established a small nursery-garden, 

 which was abolished by Lord William Bentinek, but re-established by 

 Lord Au kland. The range enjoys a delightful climate, presenting as 

 great a degree of equubilify of temperature from summer to winter, 

 and from day to night, as is desirable. In summer the temperature is 

 low, and all accumulation of heat is prevented by the coolness of the 

 breeze which ascends from the valleys. The transition to the rains, 

 which commence aboat the 15th of June, makes but little difference in 

 the temperature, and the climate is remarkably equable; and though 

 moist and usually cloudy, it is not otherwise disagreeable or unhealthy. 

 In the month of October, or at the conclusion of the rainy season, and 

 Ihroughoat November, the sky is so clear and serene, the air so mild 

 and still, that the climate is perfectly delightful. The approach of the 

 cold is so gradual, and its degree so moderate, as to be well calculated 

 to brace the system, when improved by a previous residence in the hills. 

 The coldest months are December, January, and February; in the last 

 the greatest cold, and sometimes snow-storms, occur; after this, the 

 rise in temperature is very rapid. Though 5,500 and 6,000 feet more 

 elevated, the minimum, however, is very little lower than at Saha- 

 runpore. 



The Author has already said, "that the cold of winter in these 

 mountains, at least on the Mussooree Range, is not in proportion to the 

 coolness of summer. It may be said, that with a winter temperature 

 of their own latitudes,— that is, of the plains at their base,— they have 

 the summer temperature of European countries; so that, without ex- 

 aggeration, it mxight be said : — 



Gurmush nu gurm ust,— Its warmth is not heat,— 



Surdush nu surd. Its coolness is not cold." 



The mildness of the night, compared with the coolness of the day, 

 appears to be owing to the descent of strata of the atmosphere, which 

 the heat of the day had caused to ascend. These, in descending to a 



