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Kandoe (6500) : — 9 miles. A most steep and fatiguing descent 

 to the Tonse, a very impetuous and formidable river, about 

 150 feet broad, crossed by a most dangerous and very frail 

 ^'jhulla," or rope suspension-bridge, swung about sixty feet above 

 the rapid torrent. The breadth of the "j bulla" is not more 

 than twelve or fourteen inches. This platform is composed of 

 thin pieces of planks, fastened on two thick ropes, very much 

 in the style of a child's harmonicum, and two thick ropes about 

 two feet and a half above this for each hand of the passenger 

 to lay hold of. The mere motion of a person crossing causes 

 the " jhulla^' to sway to the right and left. Altogether it is, 

 without exception, the most dangerous bridge I have ever seen. 

 Horses and cattle are obliged to swim over, and one of my horses 

 was drowned within a few feet of the shore in the attempt. The 

 other I sent back to Simla rather than run the risk of its being 

 drowned also. From the Tonse the road is bad and steep, very 

 fatiguing and intensely hot. Kandoe is on the top of a rocky 

 hill, overhanging the river. Several small patches of cultivation 

 are scattered about. 



Bundraulie (7000) :— 11 miles. The Tonse runs from 1000 

 to 3000 feet below the road for the first three or four miles ol 

 the way. At about five miles the river Dharagad is crossed ; and 

 thence it is a steep ascent the whole of the way. The country 

 is indifferently wooded, with firs on the heights, and rice-fields 

 in the valleys. Bundraulie is a small village with a good deal of 

 cultivation about it, and an abundance of apricot -trees full of 

 delicious ripe fruit. The inhabitants extract a good deal of oil 

 from the nut, and give the fruit to their cattle to eat. 



Deobund (10,300) : — 11 miles. There are some terrible 

 ascents and descents during this march; in fact, one half is down, 

 and the other up, a steep hill with a difficult road as bad as it 

 can well be. The country is well wooded. I halted here one 

 day, and it rained nearly the whole time I was here. The Bun- 

 galow is in the midst of a dense forest of yew, fir, cedar, holly, 

 and oak. Water good and near at hand. Strawberries and 

 wild flowers in abundance. The forest is full of Moonal, pigs 

 and other game. Bears and leopards are frequently fallen in 

 with. 



