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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 43 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MURREE , a See also:

town and See also:sanatorium of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Rawalpindi See also:district of the See also:Punjab, 7517 ft. above the See also:sea, about five See also:hours' See also:journey by See also:cart-road from Rawalpindi town, and the starting-point for See also:Kashmir. The houses are built on the See also:summit and sides of an irregular See also:ridge, and command magnificent views over See also:forest-clad hills and deep valleys, studded with villages and cultivated See also:fields, with the See also:snow-covered peaks of Kashmir in the background. The See also:population in r901 was 1844; but these figures omit the summer visitors, who probably number 1o,000. The See also:garrison generally consists of three See also:mountain batteries. Since 1877 the summer offices of the provincial See also:government have been transferred to See also:Simla. The Murree brewery, one of the largest in India, is the See also:chief See also:industrial See also:establishment. The See also:Lawrence Military See also:Asylum for the See also:children of See also:European soldiers is situated here.

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