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and even the partial influence
of the S. W. Wind by
intervening hills, and its own
initial level, the committee
do not consider it
eligible site.
Further back towards
the N. &
are 2 ridges
or
hills,
from about 150 to 200 feet above the sea level, and underneath which, the
Sikh Cavalry Regt
was encamped. On these ridges
with much labor, and doubtless, very great expense,
a site might be obtained but much too narrow,
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and elevated, for either the comfort or convenience of the Troops, and moreover too open for the N. & Wind, regarded by some as injurious.
This position, therefore, cannot be regarded
as good
or
as at all
judicious one:
The Committee in
retracing its steps, and
proceeding
in a
Southerly direction, examined a piece of rising ground;
in the immediate neighbourhood of which the Regt of
was last spring
encamped.
This ridge is
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