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4 CHAPTER II
5 Resources of the hills—Paper from the sitabharua—Lichen for
6 mucilage—Honey and wax—Fir and oak timber—Fruits—
7 Madder—Hemp—Turpentine—Cattle—Birds—Fish-Fishing
8 line—Improvements dependant on European settlers.
9 Before quitting the Himalayan provinces,
10 which are more or less subject to British
11 authority, I shall briefly notice some of their
12 natural and artificial productions, which, if
13 made the subject of attention and improve¬
14 ment, might conduce materially to the pros¬
15 perity of the mountain population, and en¬
16 hance the value of an extensive region, which
17 is now comparatively unproductive.
18 Of the articles which might be profitably
19 exported, one of the principal is paper, which
20 might be manufactured to almost any extent
21 Irom the Sitabharua, a plant that is every¬
22 where found in great abundance. The bark
23 of the stem and branches is detached by