30 OLDHAM : THERMAL SPRINGS OK INDIA. 



khur, at meeting of the Speetee and Parati rivers." of 

 Maepherson and Gerard. 



122. Kienlung ... Lat. 31° 02'; Long. 80° 33"; Elev. ; Temp. 



Opposite to tbe village of Kienlung, on the left bank of the 

 Sutlej, about 12 miles below the Terthapuri springs. 



123. Terthapdbi ... Lat. 31° 06' ; Long. 80° 44' ; Elev. ; Temp. 



There are two springs about one-quarter of a mile to the west 



of the town. Stream issues from mouths or openings about 



the size of a man's finger, springing up about four inches 



above level of the orifice. Water is clear, and so hot that 



the hand cannot be held in it for two seconds. There is a 



deposit of calcai'eous matter from the water on cooling. — ■ 



Moorcroft, Journey to Manasorawar lake in Undes^ 



Asiat. Res. XII., 459. The name is spelled Teerutapoo- 



ree on old maps, place not far from supposed position of 



the Rhawun Ehud lake. See Atlas, sheet No. 65. 



ScMaginhoeit says that hot springs can be traced all along the southern 



part of the Kuenluen, from the origin of the Indus near the Alan- 



sarowar lake to the Western Kuenluen around Mustak. Some of 



these springs have a temperature from 90° to 92° cent. (195°-197° F.) 



at elevations of 11,000 to 12,000 feet above the sea. J. A. S. B., 



XXVI, 130. 



Besides the above, a hot spring is mentioned in the returns from the 



Punjab Government as existing- in Thibet beyond the fort of Salkhan 



in Bisahir. 



We are now interrupted in our passage towards the east by the 

 unknown and unexplored country of Nepal, in which, in all probability, 

 numerous hot springs occur ; but of these we have no information of any 

 but two. In a letter from Colonel G. Ramsay, formerly resident at 

 Katmandu, to the Medical Board at Calcutta, he gives a description of 

 them, which I quote in full, as we have no other account of the hot 

 springs of this tract of country. 

 124. Sheopuei ... Lat. ; Long. ; Elev. ; Temp. 



The Sheopuri spring issues from the base of a high moun- 

 tain the summit of which, at an estimated distance of 3 

 or 4 coss, is perpetually covered with snow. It is situated 

 within a few yards of the eastern bank of the Buri Gan- 

 dak river, and some 5 or 6 feet above the stream, about 

 a mile from the village of Sheopuri, due north of Noa- 

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