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at ilie distance of three days journey, in tliat direc' 

 tion, near Kerempraag, the Alukuundra receives a 

 small river, called Finder, the source of which is iu 

 JBudhaan, the country bordering the rajah's territo- 

 ries on the N. E. 



From Kerempraag\ at the distance of two days 

 journey, in much the same direction, and near a 

 place called Nundpraag, it receives the Gurrda 

 Ganga. This branch runs through the district of 

 Desmuly, and has its source in the mountains to the 

 eastward. 



Yxonv Nmidpraag, the Aluknimdra is said to take 

 a more northedy direction, and at Bis.stmpraag, re^ 

 ceives a river from the eastward as large as -itseltj 

 called JjQod Ganga, or the milk river, it also is known 

 hy the name Dlioukc. Pretty near its junction with 

 the Aiuhmndni., it runs between two villages called 

 Gurra and Nitty. 



Bissenpraag is situated near the base of the moun- 

 tain, on which stands the famous temple of Buddree- 

 naat; and is of some iniportance, as being the resi- 

 dence of the puiidits and principal Hindus oi' Buddrce- 

 vaaf. Here they hold their durbars, exercise their 

 laws and the duties of their religion, in the greatest 

 state of security from foreign intruders, and can at 

 ?)ny time seclude theniselvcs from the rest of the 

 Avoild, by a removal of ilxQJoaJaha or ioj)C bridge^, 

 which forrn the communication across the A Ink' 

 vundra. 



The town consists of about 800 houses, it is u 

 place of some trade, and the inhabitants are all Hin- 

 dus: my informer tol-d me, no one of any other reli- 

 gion, has yet found his way to Buddrenctat, and 

 that if I attempted the yisit, it must be at the ex- 

 press permission of the rajah oi Sirinagur. It was, 

 hitherto, a part of my plan, to proceed as far as that 

 celebrated spot, and I had e^•ery encouragement to 



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