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GROUP II: KAmAoN,
GARHVAl, SIMLA, IN THE HIMALAYA.
Lohughat; Havalbagh; Alltiora; Nainital; Milum.—Dera; Landaur; Massuri; Jhosimath; Badrinath; Nitd.—Sabathu;
Dagshai; Kotghar; Kassauli; Simla.
From Kamaon to Simla the predominant type of the climate, in the outer ranges,
(from 2,000 to 7,000 feet) is the following:
The cool season, down to 3,000 feet, is most bracing, even cold in the higher
stations, where snow occasionally falls, although on the whole in but small quantity,1
since this period of the year is the dry season for the surrounding countries.
In spring, the hot season of the plains, the temperature rises rapidly; but to no
inconvenient degree even in the lower grounds.
The cMta parsed, or early rains, preceding the rainy season for a month or six
weeks, are rare in the central regions, but in the ranges next to the plains we still
observe them; nevertheless the tarai is nowhere dangerous to pass, either at this or
at any other period of the year.
In the interior, however, in the higher parts least distant from the crest, the distri-
bution of the rain is quite a different one again; the principal precipitation takes place
1 The winter may be at times very severe and the quantity of snow great enough. In February 1836 snow
lay some feet deep at Simla, and, where accumulated by the wind in protected ravines, local bas-neves, or snow-beds'
were found still as late as the end of May. Also in the South of Europe heavy falls of snow, irregularly as they
are distributed, are not quite unfrequent and may become very great. Recently only, Dec. 25 to 27, 1864, 50 Centi-
meters of snow (iy2 feet) covered the fields in the south of France round Cette, Narbonne, and Carcassone.
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GARHVAl, SIMLA, IN THE HIMALAYA.
Lohughat; Havalbagh; Alltiora; Nainital; Milum.—Dera; Landaur; Massuri; Jhosimath; Badrinath; Nitd.—Sabathu;
Dagshai; Kotghar; Kassauli; Simla.
From Kamaon to Simla the predominant type of the climate, in the outer ranges,
(from 2,000 to 7,000 feet) is the following:
The cool season, down to 3,000 feet, is most bracing, even cold in the higher
stations, where snow occasionally falls, although on the whole in but small quantity,1
since this period of the year is the dry season for the surrounding countries.
In spring, the hot season of the plains, the temperature rises rapidly; but to no
inconvenient degree even in the lower grounds.
The cMta parsed, or early rains, preceding the rainy season for a month or six
weeks, are rare in the central regions, but in the ranges next to the plains we still
observe them; nevertheless the tarai is nowhere dangerous to pass, either at this or
at any other period of the year.
In the interior, however, in the higher parts least distant from the crest, the distri-
bution of the rain is quite a different one again; the principal precipitation takes place
1 The winter may be at times very severe and the quantity of snow great enough. In February 1836 snow
lay some feet deep at Simla, and, where accumulated by the wind in protected ravines, local bas-neves, or snow-beds'
were found still as late as the end of May. Also in the South of Europe heavy falls of snow, irregularly as they
are distributed, are not quite unfrequent and may become very great. Recently only, Dec. 25 to 27, 1864, 50 Centi-
meters of snow (iy2 feet) covered the fields in the south of France round Cette, Narbonne, and Carcassone.
IV. 62