A BRIDGE OVEU THE QANOES. S3 



a very careful turn of miud, Karla by name, 

 to head the party, and show the way. Not 

 havuig hands enough with them to make a 

 bridge, they could not pick out a place for 

 themselves, but had to cross the river by a 

 bridge below the temple, made by Wilson for 

 sporting purposes, and admirably calculated 

 to try the nerves of the traveller, being about 

 two feet wide, fifty in length, and 240 above 

 the waters of the Ganges, which rushed 

 furiously through the rocks below. My 

 captain's head failed him the first time, and 

 it was vsdth the greatest difficulty that he 

 crossed ; he must have had good pluck 

 to try it again, having once turned back. 

 After various other adventures, they 

 reached the Glacier, and were amply re- 

 warded for their trouble. They spoke in 

 high terms of old Karla's care and 

 attention. 



Next morning we moved camp in a torrent 

 of rain, towards Bengallee. The rain which 

 fell with us, was snow on the hills, which 

 forced us to take the road by the river to 



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