82 Trip to the Bulcha and Oonta Dhoora Passes. [No. 134. 



25m. a. m. I had with me two servants, (a kitmutgur and shikaree 

 boy,) my bedding, (no bed,) some clothes, powder and ball, a little 

 wine, &c., and very scant preparations for eating, the whole calculated 

 for an eight days' trip. Nagoo Boora, Dhunsing, Geitsing, a road chup- 

 rassee, and the Luspa shikaree, with four coolies, (hired at four annas 

 a day each after much bargaining,) accompanied me. We had fifteen 

 jooboos ; viz. six for riding on, and nine for three tents, my bedding 

 and clothes, wood, &c. Two of these were very lightly laden, in order 

 to bring back any skins or horns I might procure. One of the coolies 

 carried my wines cheroots, &c, a very light load, and the articles not 

 packed upon the jooboos. I had a sore heel from the shooting 

 excursion of 26th, and could not walk without feeling much pain, I 

 therefore started in the dandee ; but the road was so infamously bad, 

 that I was soon compelled to walk as best I could. At 7h. 7m. came to 

 the first snow-bed over the Goonka river ; at 8h. 20m. near Lungon river 

 saw two burral, but they were some distance up the hill, and saw us 

 approach, when they immediately ascended and disappeared over the 

 crest. The sun was powerful, and my heel very sore, so that I did 

 not incline to follow these burral even had the hill been easy, instead 

 of being almost inaccessible. At 8h. 55m. reached the Sungon 

 Nuddee coming down from the East, two magnificent snowy peaks 

 were visible in the direction of its source. This small Nuddee has 

 salt, or something of the kind, on its banks a short way up, and burral 

 resort there, before the passage of sheep and goats upwards drives 

 them to more remote places. Probably had I been here early in the 

 morning, the two burral I saw, would have been feeding near the 

 Nuddee, and afforded an easy shot. I crossed the Sungon by a small 

 temporary bridge, and halted at 9h. 5m. for the jooboos to come up, 

 feeling very tired ; sun unpleasantly warm to the skin, though not high 

 I fancy in actual temperature I started again at 9h. 30m. and at lOh. 

 15m. reached Tulla Sulong, a small rather level spot, furnishing a 

 little grass. Halted here to breakfast, and let the jooboos feed before 

 moving on to Doong, where there is no pasturage for cattle. Slept 

 till half-past twelve, when breakfast was ready. A strong South wind 

 blowing, with dust in abundance. Opposite Sulong, on the right bank 

 of Goonka (West) is a tolerable waterfall, or rather series of cascades 

 from the top to the bottom of hill. The road thus far, (alternately on 



