1844] and on Gerard s Account of K una war. 251 



Ripening of Crops. — The crops of Changgo and Lio are usually ready 

 for the sickle in all July, vol. II, p. 25; but those of Hanggo certainly 

 are not until a month or six weeks afterwards, see also vol. Ill, p. 19. 

 The crops of Hanggo were green in 1842, while those of Sungeram and 

 &c. were being cut. Captain Gerard, p. 66, leads I think to a wrong 

 inference regarding Namghea and Shipkeh. He says, that in August 

 the crops of Namghea (9,300 feet) were green, while those of Shipkeh, 

 1,400 feet higher, were being cut. Captain Gerard perhaps found the 

 second crop at Namghea well advanced, as on the 15th July 1842, 

 the first crop was nearly all cut. 



Bhotees Bathing. — Captain Hutton was fortunate in seeing what I 

 never beheld ; viz. Bhotees bathing, vol. Ill, p. 6 ; that he saw them, 

 I know, as he has himself told me so, but this was the exception to the 

 rule, and they themselves confess, that it is not their custom to bathe, 

 and that their more respectable people only put on new clothes when 

 their old ones are much worn and very dirty. 



The Snow Fish. — Captain Hutton somewhere mentions the snow 

 fish, but I cannot at present refer to what he says regarding it. It is 

 called ganghal in Bhotee and Kunawaree ; it is said to live at the 

 lower limits of the snow only ; to be seldom if ever found alive (a slip 

 of snow occasionally carries one down with it) ; and so far as the peo- 

 ple know, one only has been found in Kunawar. 



They say it has a face resembling that of a man, four legs, and 

 no marked tail, (as a lizard has.) Its flesh is considered efficacious in 

 certain diseases, and such as are found, are usually taken to the holiest 

 Lamas, who distribute pieces of it as specifics. The skin is said to be 

 used for some ornamental purposes. 



ADDENDA. 



Hassan Abdal, the Indus at Attock. — Before leaving Moorcroft's 

 valuable book, I will go somewhat further than I at first intended, 

 and point out the errors into which he, and even Elphinstone, whose 

 volumes I always take up with respect, have fallen regarding two 

 places well known to those who have crossed the Punjab. Moorcroft, 

 II, 319, and Elphinstone, II, 99, say, that the tomb of Baba Waliis in 

 a square enclosure at the foot of the hill which rises above Hassan 

 Abdal. The tomb of the saint is on the top of the hill, and not at the 



