44 Extracts from the “Journal of a Survey to explore [Juty, 
where the eye is saluted with a full view of Mianri peak, and in 
the distance, the mountains of Rudr Himalaya crowned by the 
peak of Dugdi towering to a great height ; the pure snows on it 
shine in the sun’s rays with dazzling brilliancy. , 
Rather better path ; the river deep below, foaming inits nar- 
row and rocky bed. Most fantastic great snow peak over Gan- 
otri. 
Black rocky peak across the river. Call it Iron Sides. 
Path as before. Across the river is a cascade falling through 
a large snow bed ; the snow reaches in several places from the 
river bed on the opposite side, to the summit of the mountains 
which are very steep. We are almost in sight of Gangotri. 
The river flows under beds of snow which have fallen into 
it from the peaks, and cover it. 
Pass above a cascade falling over a precipice of grey granite 
with black sparry spots. Wonderfully steep precipices on both 
sides of the tiver; on this side, the rocks are quite bare and 
shattery. 
Cross above a cascade falling from a rocky gorge to the left. 
Path extremely bad. This river below foaming between walls of 
rock perfectly perpendicular. A sangha (now destroyed) had 
formerly been laid over at this place by the banditti, who, in the 
rains, plunder the Cédarnath districts to the eastward. The 
rocks through which the river flows have horizontal strata, and 
the light hue of Portland stone. They are as usual granite. The 
cedars here are poor and starved. Rudr Himalaya a snowy peak 
95°. Gangotri: the small temple of Ganga Mai and Bhagi- 
rat’hi on right bank of Ganges. 
The path to day was of the worst description, and is on the 
whole, J think, the most rugged march we have hitherto had, 
though there are not any long ascents. Nothing can be more 
unpleasant than the passage along the rotten ladders and 
inclined scaffolds, by which the faces and corners of the preci- 
pices near Bhairog’hati are made. The rest of the way lies 
along the side of a very steep mountain, and is strewed with 
rocks. The views of the snowy peaks which are on all sides, 
were very grand and wild. 
The rocks are of granite, but ofa lighter colour than usual, and 
specks of a bright black sparry substance are interspersed in 
them at the distances of from one to three inches. 
The river’s bed from Bhairog‘hati to Gauricund, was between 
mural precipices of 200 or 300 feet high ; above them was the 
steeply inclined ground, along which our path lay. Though 
very rocky, there were many places with soil where the cedars 
grew, but not large. Above the path to our left were bare rocky 
precipices, on the summit of which the snow lies : at Gauricund 
and Gangotri the river’s bed becomes more open. The temple 
at Gangotri is a Mundup of stone of the smallest kind ; it con- 
tains small statues of Bhagirat’hi, Ganga, &c. and it is built over 
