Gazetteer Of The Kangra District Pts. 2-4 (1897)

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1kiulgra District- ]

2CHAP. I.— GENEHAI, DESCRIPTION. 9

3Government of India, is more instructive than the rainfall

4return : —

6Depth of snow on Aprii, 25th

8Tahsil.

9Kamo of Pass.

10Height.

11j

121802.

131

141891.

151

161890.

171889.

181888.

19Feet.

20Feet. '

21Foot. ■

22Feet.

231

24Feet.

25Feet.

26r'

27Botang ...

2813,000

293

3010

316

3215J

334

341 1

35Kulu

361

37Harata ... ,,,

3814,500

39!

408

4113

423

43! 1

44L

45Bhabhu . .

4610.000

47...

485

49If

502

514

52f

53Sirikand ...

5415,000

556

5630

5717 1

5855

5914

601

61Jalori

6210,500

634

641

651

66SarAj

671

681

691

70Gargai-asaii

7117,000

7212 !

738

742

757

76Baslileo ...

7711,000

78i

794 '

802

812

821

83The mean temperature of SnUanpur, the capital of Kulu,

84was found by the Messrs. Schlapintweit to be as follows about

851860, from May to November ■, but Sultanpnr is only 4,000

86feet above sea-level and is one of the hottest places iu the sub-

87division—

88May

89...

90...

91...

92...

9370'3 ilegrocg Fab.

94June ...

95...

96727 „

97July

98? 5-2 „ „

99August

100'81

101September

102...

10370-8 „

104October

105...

106oS'B „ „

107November

108...

109...

110...

111558 „

112The climate is on the whole healthy, especially to Euro-

113peans, but there is a good deal of chronic sickness among the

114natives, in great part due no doubt to defective sanitation.

115Visitations of cholera have not been unknown, and in the summer

116of 1802 the valley of the Bias was swept by tho scoui'go from

117south to north. In former days small-pox found numerous

118victims, but the scruples of the people iu regard to vaccination

119appear recently to have been overcome, though in 1892 the

120jagirdar of Waziri Rupi, a descendant of the Rajput kings of

121Kulu, fell a victim to his neglect of tho precaution. Malarial

122fever is common during the monsoon rains in .the lower valleys,

123and the inhabitants of the higher villages show great aversion to

124venturing themselves in such places iu the fever season, so much

125so that they prefer to abandon even the sweets of litigation if

126these are only to be had by a visit to the Tahaildar’s Uourt at

127Chapter I, B-

128Descriptive.

129Climate.

130Disease.