. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . the Goorka battalion of hill-rangers, whose faithful and energetic services through the war of the sepoy revolt, hasbeen frequently and justly acknowledged by every commander under whom they havefought. It has long been selected for the residence of the political agent of the province,and has many advantages to boast of. Deyrah is celebrated
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . the Goorka battalion of hill-rangers, whose faithful and energetic services through the war of the sepoy revolt, hasbeen frequently and justly acknowledged by every commander under whom they havefought. It has long been selected for the residence of the political agent of the province,and has many advantages to boast of. Deyrah is celebrated for a temple, sacred to thememory of a Hindoo devotee by whom it was founded; but the chief claim of thisindividual to favourable recollection, arises from the fact of his having constructed ahandsome stone tank, which occupies an acre of ground, and is an ornamental as well asuseful boon to the inhabitants. The ascent from Deyrah to Raj poor is so gradual as to be hardly perceptible ; butfrom the latter place it becomes more abrupt, the road winding along the sides ofprecipices of the most romantic character, craggy with rocks, and richly clothed withtrees that descend to the bottom of deep and almost unfathomable ravines, through R R^ ^ ?^ P ^. THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. which, however, the ear can detect the sound of gushing waters, as they pursue theircourse througli channels impervious to the eye of man. Rajpoor is an exceedingly pretty village, sufficiently elevated to admit of a clear andunobstructed view of the ever-beautiful Dhoon : near it are some natural curiositiesworth visiting, one being the dripping rock of Shansa Dhare. From a precipitous heightof overhanging cliff a stream desceuds in perpetual showers of crystal, each drop pro-ducing a petrifaction : and the cHff being worn away by the continual action of the water,assumes a cavernous appearance, formed entirely of spar. In this natural temple aBrahmin has erected an altar, dedicated to Mahadeo (the Grea
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