INTRODUCTION 
XXV 
and one in June. Snow falls from December to March, and not 
infrequently lies for several weeks. 
The period of greatest rain is from June to September, with an 
average of 52 inches ; whilst the fall for the whole year is 70 inches. 
There is a considerable decrease in the rainfall northward ; at 
Kotgarh, for example, it is little more than half that of Simla. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE MAP 
The map is on a scale of four miles to the inch, and it bears the 
names of the principal localities mentioned in the body of the work, 
with their respective elevations. The rivers and streams are 
coloured blue, and the main roads yellow. Unfortunately the 
spelling of Indian geographical names is anything but uniform, 
and the spelling throughout this book of several of the localities is 
so different from that on the map as to be unrecognisable to 
persons unversed in the vagaries of geographers and officials. 
The orthography of the map is, I believe, official at the present 
day ; whilst that of the book has long been current, and is more 
familiar. In other works quoted or cited several other variants 
occur. Perhaps placing the different spellings side by side is the 
most useful way of presenting them. 
Book 
Map 
Other Works 
Baggi . 
Baghi . 
. Bargi 
Baghi . 
— 
— 
Bhagi . 
— 
— 
Boileaugunge 
— 
Boileauganj 
Charaog . 
Chaog . 
, — 
Chor 
— 
Choor, Chur 
Fagoo . 
Phagu . 
, Fargoo 
Fagu 
— 
— 
Giri 
Giri 
. Giree 
— 
Gumber . 
. Gambar 
Huttoo . 
Hatugarh 
. Hattoo 
— 
— 
Hattou, Hatu 
— 
— 
Whattoo 
Jako 
Jako 
Jacka, Chaka, Jakko 
Jutogh . 
Jutog 
— 
Kairi 
Kair 
— 
Kotgurh 
Kotgarh 
Kotgerh, Kotgorh 
Matiana 
Matiana . 
Matteana 
Mahasu . 
Mahasu . 
Mahassoo 
Mushobra 
Mashobra 
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