. 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 . limate of Ghurwal, owing to its south-western aspect, is very mild; and though the site of the village of Jerdair presents littlemore than a bleak and barren waste, the greater part of the province is richly clothedwith trees. In many places the productions of the temperate and the torrid zonesmeet and mingle: the tiger makes his lair upon t
. 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 . limate of Ghurwal, owing to its south-western aspect, is very mild; and though the site of the village of Jerdair presents littlemore than a bleak and barren waste, the greater part of the province is richly clothedwith trees. In many places the productions of the temperate and the torrid zonesmeet and mingle: the tiger makes his lair upon the confines of eternal snow; and theelephant is enabled to endure the severity of the climate by a provision of natureunknown to animals of his species in warmer latitudes—namely, by a shaggy coveringof hair. The inhabitants of Jerdair, like those of the province generally, are termed Khayasa;and all boast descent from Rajpoots of the highest caste, and are therefore exceedinglyscrupulous in their eating, and in their regard for the sacred cow. They will not sellone of those animals except upon assurance that the purchaser will neither kill it himself,nor suffer it to be killed by another: their prejudices prevent them from keeping ?B fc=5 m ,^ ^.
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