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feeders of the Jumna : several smaller streams are equally, if not more, 

 remarkable ; and in general, similar level, and comparatively open, spots 

 are found at the heads of all the rivers. 



68. To this class also belongs the series of petty vallies to be seen in 

 the neighbourhood of Petorah, though not constituting the bed of a river. 

 The largest of them does not exceed perhaps two square miles, but they 

 are in such number, as to render that district one of the most produc- 

 tive, for its extent, in the mountains. They are generally connected 

 by some narrow gorge, so that, in one quarter, a distance of five miles 

 may be travelled in which the surface is almost perfectly even. The 

 appearance of the country, owing to such a number of these local 

 spots, and the consequent insulated situation of many of the peaks, is 

 peculiar to that quarter, and very striking. In the neighbourhood of 

 Dhooara Hath, about twenty miles from Haurel Bagh, a pretty extensive 

 piece of tolerably level ground is to be seen, and similar pieces in the 

 neighbourhood of the small lakes, which are to be seen about ten 

 miles above Bhumowree, on the road to Almorah. With the exceptions 

 here stated, (and their collective sum bears but trifling proportion to the 

 total surface,) all is rugged and difficult, a succession of steep and lofty 

 ridges and deep glens. 



69. The lakes mentioned in the preceding article, constitute a feature 

 in the physical description of this tract which should not be forgotten. 

 They are, however, on a very small scale, compared with the grand 

 system of mountains to which they belong. One of them, Bheem Tal, 

 situated about ten miles above Bhumowree, on the Almorah road, is 

 only 3,000 feet in length, by 2,400 in breadth ; the depth, however, is 

 said to be very great. It is situated at the lowest point of the valley, 

 about three miles in length, and at some distance from it appears a consi- 

 derable pool, which is at present connected with it by a running stream, 

 the intermediate ground being marshy, and covered with flags. These cir- 

 cumstances leave no doubt in the mind of the spectator, that the whole of 

 this valley once formed a lake, and it might easily be restored to the do- 

 minion of the water, by damming up the outlet, which the present lake 

 has found for itself. The elevation of this spot above the sea is 4,200 feet. 



70. About five miles east of Bheem Tal, is another called Nynee 

 Tal, having nearly the same extent. A little beyond this is a third, call- 

 ed Nakoon-ka Tal,, and besides this, some others of much less extent. 



