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MUSSOUREE

Volume 15 · 223 words · 1860 Edition

in Hindustan, a sanatory station on the northern frontier of the Dehra Dhoon, established by the British to relieve and remove the consequences prejudicial to health from the sultry climate of India. There is no Mussman level area of any extent at this station; so that the houses are built at considerable distances from each other, on sites which it has been necessary to level, on a ridge, a crag, or on the southern slope of the mountain. The views are very beautiful, comprising on the N. the Himalaya Mountains, clad in perennial snow; and on the S. the rich and varied expanse of the Dehra Dhoon, beyond which the prospect extends over the vast plain of Hindustan. In the latter part of winter there are smart frosts, with occasional falls of snow; neither, however, occurring after March, when spring sets in. Then succeeds delightful weather, which continues till the middle of June, when the periodical rains commence. Mussouree is abundantly supplied with provisions. It has a church, which was erected in 1837. The little settlement is well managed, and flourishing. Of the diseases contracted in the plains, the effects of a residence here are found favourable to fevers, dyspepsia, dysentery, liver complaint, pulmonary consumption, rheumatism, and general debility. Elevation above the sea, 6282 feet; N. Lat. 30. 27., E. Long. 78. 5.