© Roger Bilham 2007 The lines at Shillong consist of a double series of huts, one for eac wing, standing on rows of the summits of two long low parallel hills. THe intervening dently sloping valley is the parade ground. The barrack huts are built of mud walls with thatched roofs. The stand 45 feet apart. Each hut is 45 feet long by 15 broad inside. THe walls are 5 feet high; theridge pole 10. There are 48 huts for sepoys in each wing, 96 in all Inspected by the Officiating Deputy Surgeon-General of the Inspection. Dacoa Circle on the 24th of April 1877. Mr. Adley considers the site of the lines to he a good one, inasmuch as it is open to currents of wind, is free from jungle, well drained, and close to a pure water-supply from hill streams. The huts afford sufficient accommodation for the men of the regiment and are well ventilated. Latrines on the trench system were in use, and were freely made use of; hut the staff of sweepers employed on them was considered to be insufficient, as there were only six for the entire regiment, and two of them were away with detachments. On this account the men are not discouraged from resorting to the jungle. From Native army of Bengal 1876