. 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 . t higher; and vegetation does not totallycease until stopped, at the height of 16,000 feet, by that eternal barrier of snow whichasserts supreme donainion over the sullen wastes above. From another point of Landour the eye embraces the splendid range of mountainsthrough which the sacred river forces its impetuous course—now fretting along a
. 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 . t higher; and vegetation does not totallycease until stopped, at the height of 16,000 feet, by that eternal barrier of snow whichasserts supreme donainion over the sullen wastes above. From another point of Landour the eye embraces the splendid range of mountainsthrough which the sacred river forces its impetuous course—now fretting along a narrowchannel, which it has worn amid tiie rocks; and now flinging itself down in glitteringvolumes from ridge to ridge; until at length, emerging from the hills, it is seen windingand wandering along the level country in curves of beauty, which the eye may traceuntil they are lost in distance. From the crest of the Sowa Khola ridge, at a short distance from Landour, the wholevalley of Deyrah Dhoon, the small Sewalik range which encloses it to the south, and thedim plains of Saharunpoor still further in the distance, burst upon the deliglited vision;the snowy mountains forming a magnificent background, and the monarch of the ^ [m! ?^ ^ S ^ >.
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