Gazetteer of the Rohtak district

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1cuapter 1,

2Sentre

3& CHAP, L—THE DISTRICT.

4catl ie taken, commences abéve Safidon, and is joiped at intervals

5by a number of others from the east, starting below Karnal and

6Panipat. One of these side lines joing the main branch at Mahmuilpar,

7Saline efflorescence. toother at Gohana, and here it is that the chiaf development of reA

8iwcnused by the druinage water being held up by the canal bank.

9Round Chhichrdndh and above Roltek, the harm iadone by the canal

10erossing the main depression of the Nai naddi: in the north-net of

11S4mpla the water-courses check the natural flow of the surfiea

12dramage water in many places, nnd recently the floods fram the bad-ro

13have in most villages dorionaly aggravated the evils of older origin,

14The Rajmit estates in the south-east of Jhajjar, aud those in the east

15of the circle, of unlined wells (ehahade Kd) walfer nv yrood deal from

16walt efflorescence; elsewhore the surfnce of the avil throughout the

17distriot is punurally free (rom this peat. Brine wells exist in Zibviels |

18puraid Silanah, and éalt ie mannfactured from them, o

19The bot months of the year begin from the and of April, ee

20the nights often remain cool until June, During June and July ths

21heat is intense, until the ruin falles atthe aume time it ja certninly

22not 80 fierce a heat as in the centre aud weat of the Punjab. Hot

23winds blow stenlily from the weet oll day, enabling cooling applianees

24to be worked indeed, but bringing np eouetant dust-stormes (dni)

25from the Iajputana desert, often of such density as to prodoce almost

26utter darkness, Tho first raine fall between 25th June ond Lith

27July, ove rule; but the heat remains moderated for only 9 few daya

28alter cavh downpour, The final rains take place from 20th Septem-

29ber to 15th Oetober; after this the nights: leeome deliciously vool,

30but the days are still hot till the middle af November, Froat¢ fone

31rally oceurs about the dlosa of the Fear, and sometimes again in

32Bobrunty. Daring Febrasry'and Maroh, strong winds often blow,

33to the great discomfort of sojourners in tonta, and in the latter andof

34Mareh awd in April. thunider-storme aro not unusual, The syergee

35ralnfall of the distriet for the Inet 19 years how boon 19} inches ;

3612:4 from June to August, 4°2 jn September anil Ustohor, | inoli wt

37Christmas, 19 inch at other odd times. In. the niljoining distrivte,

38the average minfall for tho same period is ns fullows:—Karn§l Bez,

39Della 31-8, Gurgson 30-3, Hisedr 141: in the North-Western Pro-

40vinoes the rain belt, of from 24 to 80 inches, foes tlie Punjab dia-

41tricte which lip along the Jamna. ‘The climate, thonyh severe in

42pint of heat, is healthy, and may be not inaptly described in the

43quainl language of the memoirs of G ‘orge ‘Thomas, as

44“in general

45sslubriows, though when the caudy and desert country lying to th

46Westward Lecomes heated, it ia iniuioal to on F Ve4an conati-

47Table No. TIT shows in tenths of an inch the total tninful] regis

48tured ut each of the rail-gauge stations in

49the district for onch year, from 1866-87 to

501882-83. The fall ai head-quarters. for the

51flour receding yenre is shown in the margin,

52The distributions of the rainfall thronghout

53veo is shown iu Table Nos, IITA gud