in Northern India, the chief town of the British province of Kumaon, in the territories of the lieutenant-governor of Agra. It is built on a ridge of the Himalaya Mountains, 5337 feet above the level of the sea, and consists chiefly of a single street, about three fourths of a mile long, and about 50 feet wide, which runs along the ridge of the mountain, with scattered dwellings, chiefly inhabited by Europeans, to the right and left hand on the descent of the hill. The main street has a gate at each end; and Bishop Heber mentions that it reminded him, on a small scale, of Chester. The houses all stand on a lower story of stone, where the shops are. This is open in front, while the upper stories are faced with a framework of wood, occasionally carved and painted, supported on the projecting side-walls below, and surmounted by a sloping roof of heavy gray slate, on which many of the inhabitants pile up their hay in small stacks, as winter provender for their cattle. The town is very neat, and the street has a natural pavement of slaty rock, which is kept beautifully clean. It is very strongly situated, and is approached by a long, steep, and winding road, which a handful of men might defend against an army. From Almorah the vast range of the Himalaya Mountains bounds the prospect to the north. Nundidevi, one of the highest peaks in the world, being 25,689 feet above the level of the sea, is within 40 miles from Almorah in a direct line, though it is a nine days' journey by the only accessible road through the mountains. There is an old Ghorkha citadel, which stands on a commanding point of the ridge, at the eastern extremity; and several martello towers have been erected. A citadel, named Fort Moira, has been constructed on a small eminence at the western extremity of the town. It is, according to Bishop Heber, very ill contrived, and incapable of defence against a resolute enemy. The surrounding country is of a bleak and desolate character, and there is scarcely a tree within a circuit of four miles from the walls. Almorah was conquered in 1790 by the Ghorkhas. It subsequently attained some celebrity as the scene of the British victory which terminated the war with Nepaul. The attack of the heights and town by Colonel (now Sir Jasper) Nicolls, on the 25th April 1815, was crowned with complete success. The breastworks of the enemy were carried in rapid succession, and before the evening the British had established themselves in the occupation of a considerable section of the town. On the succeeding day preparations were commenced for an assault upon the fort, but while these were in progress, the Ghorkha commander proposed a suspension of hostilities preparatory to a permanent pacification. The result was the conclusion of a convention under which the Nepalese evacuated Kumaon, and the province was forthwith incorporated with the British dominions. Distant north-west from Calcutta by Lucknow and Bareilly 910 miles. Lat. 29° 35'. Long. 79° 42'.