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WE have here the of the Indian Medical Service Hazara valley of the foot-hills, during the years 1914-16. These observations are wide in their range, and were, no doubt, a relief to more serious work. The author is an amateur naturalist, far from works of reference and museum specimens, and the opinions are strictly personal. No man can possess full knowledge in all the branches of science alluded to-for there is compilation as well as observation in this book-but Capt. Hingston has acknowledged his borrowings. The ordinary lover of Nature, who likes a pleasantly written account of geology and animal life in an area not well known to many, will enjoy this book, ignoring opinions with which he may not agree, and errors which the technical naturalist would claim as serious. The general features of the Hazara valley are shown on the map facing p. 4. It is a "slender wedge of British soil"about 120 miles long, its width varying from 56 miles at the base of the wedge to 15 miles at the apex. "To the south its foot-hills sink into the plains of the Punjab; to the north it rises into massive peaks 17,000 ft. in height that blend with the still loftier summits of western Kashmir."
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WALSH, J. Nature in a Himalayan Valley. Nature 107, 210–211 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107210a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107210a0