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tifully clear, of more than blood heat, strongly impregnated 

 with sulphureous acid : cold springs close by. In the bed of 

 the Jumna are many such springs of warm water. — Fraser, 

 Journey to sources of Jumna, &c, Asiat. Res., XIII, 185. 

 Is on the right bank of the Jumna. 



91. Banassa ... Lat. 30° 56' ; Long. 78° 23' Elev. 7,478 ; Temp. 160°. 



Hot springs abundant ; heat too great to bear the hand in 

 the water ; little if any taste. —Hodgson, Surv. of Rivers 

 Ganges and Jumna, Asiat. Res., XIV, 141. — Schlagin- 

 tweit's No. 8. 



92. Jcmnotki .... Lat. 31° 00'; Long. 78° 31'; Elev. 9,793; Temp. 192° "6. 



At the source of the Jumna river, from quartzose laminar 

 rocks, same as at Asarigurh. From one of the springs a 

 column of water of considerable size issues. The water 

 is much hotter than at Asarigurh, perfectly transparent 

 and tasteless ; a thin deposit of red (iron) earth on 

 rocks. Springs numerous; all have special names, as 

 Gauri-Kund, Terbet-Kund, &c, &c— Hodgson, Surv. 

 of Rivers Ganges and Jumna. Asiat. Res., XIV, 147. 

 Fraser, Journey to sources of Jumna and Bhagirathi. 

 Asiat. Res., XIII, 197. Schla gintweit' s . No. 32. 

 . Lat. 30° 57' ; Long. 78° 31'; Elev. 8,653; Temp. 72°-l. 



Springs are about one and a quarter miles from Kharsalli 

 village, and about the same from Banas, on the left bank 

 of Jumna.— ScMa gintweit' s No. 39. 

 .. Lat. 30° 54' ; Long. 78° 41' ; Elev. abt. 6,100; Temp. 139°-8. 



On the left bank of the Bhagirathi river, about quarter 

 of a mile south of village. Uei (No. 95) of Schlaginnoeit 

 and Atlas of India, Gangotei of Macpherson. 

 . Lat. 30° 39 ; Long. 79° 04' ; Elev. 6,417 ; Temp. 127°. 



This is Macpherson s Kedabnath ; Schlagintweit's No. 25. 

 It is on the road to Kedarnath. The water has no parti- 

 cular taste. — Official Records. 



Another hot spring is reported below Gaurikand, on the bank 

 of the Mandakni river. 



96. Badrinath ... Lat. 30° 45'; Long. 79° 22'; Elev. 10,214; Temp. 129°.— 



Schlagintiveit's No. 6. 



97. Tapobav ... Lat. 30° 29'; Long, 79° 40'; Elev. 6,300 ; Temp. 99°-127°. 



There are four springs in two groups, — two about half a mile 

 from the village, and two others about half a mile from 

 the first. Those near the village have a temperature of 



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93 Khausali 



94. Huei 



95 Gaurikund 



