126 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



through the small village of Beelee, and after a 

 tramp of four hours arrived at our tent at Phaidee. 

 — Total distance, twelve miles. 



From Phaidee we crossed the fertile and richly- 

 cultivated valley of the Agla Gadh, through which 

 flows the river of the same name (a clear, pellucid 

 stream, that takes its rise in the adjacent hills, and 

 debouches into the Jumna), and after a stiff up-hill 

 walk arrived at Bhalla, where our camp was 

 pitched. — Distance, seven miles. 



From Bhalla we crossed Jhan-da-gan hills by the 

 Lallari Pass (a most fatiguing ascent), to the small 

 village of Lallari, where we breakfasted, and after- 

 wards descended by a steep path, winding along 

 the face of a hill, into the valley of the Nagun 

 Gadh river, which we crossed, and afterwards fol- 

 lowed in its course down stream until we came to 

 its debouchure in the Bhageruttee branch of the 

 Ganges. The sacred river here flows through a 

 lovely valley over half a mile in width, thickly 

 sprinkled with villages, and on each side rise 

 ranges of hills some four or five thousand feet 

 high, crowned with beautiful woods of oak, pine, 



