Simla

(15, but largely increased in summer), the chief town of a district in the Punjab, and since 1864 the summer hill-quarters of the British Government in India; beautifully situated on the wooded southern slopes of the Him a lay as, 7156 ft. above sea-level, and 170 m. N. of Delhi; has a cool and equable climate, and po e es two vice-regal palaces, government buildings, beautiful villas, .