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Trip to the Bulcha and Oonta Dhoora Passes. [No. 1 34. 



Bearing from Bulcha 



North. 



S. E. by E. 



N. W. by W. 



little, W. 



Name of place. 



Gurtope, 



Taklakote, 



!Dhapa, 

 Mungnung, 

 Toling Mut, 

 Chuprung, 



Doongpoo, 



i 



Kyloss range, 

 Chirchun, 



No. of day journey for 

 laden Sheep. 



Seven, f Two Gurphun, or 

 I Commissioners. 

 \ A Joompun, (or 

 ^ Jung-pun)* 



Five. — A Joompun. 



Six. 



Seven. 



Eight. — A Joompun. 



Two or three. 



Seven. 



Seven or eight. 

 One 



{A halting place 

 only, no village. 



N. W 



N. I 



N: E. by E. 



E. perhaps a little S.I 

 (gneiss,) 



The view from top of Bulcha was contracted by the slope of the 

 hill East and West just in front, and by the distant haze; no vegeta- 

 tion was visible, and I doubt whether on the clearest day the pros- 

 pect as one would be worth going to look at. From Bulcha it seems 

 as though the hills came out from Oonta Dhoora on either side in the 

 segment of a circle, of which Bulcha is the apex ; but I doubt not they 

 would present a similar appearance viewed from other points East and 

 West in advance of the Oonta Dhoora range (as it were) ; and my 

 previously formed opinion of the Passes being over the last hills be- 

 tween Hindoostan and Thibet, was quite incorrect. 



I descended the hill in 45m. ; 34m. more, to where I had met the river 

 in going up ; 36m. to the top of the ascent above Lufkhel ; and 30m. to 

 Lufkhel : total 2\ hours, arriving at half-past one. I had expected 

 to see burral, and perhaps the bun-chour during this trip, but was dis- 

 appointed ; so at 3 o'clock I started off to yesterday evening's ground 

 to look for the " neaudhs" and burral 1 had seen yesterday. About 

 half-past four, I saw what with great difficulty and the aid of my teles- 

 cope I made out to be a wild horse (" cheang"), probably " wild ass" 

 is the more correct term. This animal seemed about 12 hands high, 

 short and compact, and more like a mule than a horse, particularly 

 about the tail, which with the mane and face, was black, the legs 

 and belly white, and the sides and back a reddish brown. When feed- 



Joompun — Magistrate and Collectors. 



