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Brought over, 



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172 





Phulam Chok, 



60 







300 



— A fine temple destroyed here. 



North-East of the Valley, 











and more remote. 











Dhulaka, 









—In this direction the Earthquake was 



Mundun Pahar, .. 









much more severely felt. Kuti, a town on 



Kan Sing Chok, .. 









the Bhote frontier, on the road to Lassa, is 



Kapa, 









said to have been nearly all destroyed : it 



Kuti, 









contains about 600 houses ; 50 of which only 



Listi Gaon, 









remain. At Listigaon, also on the Bhote 

 frontier, a large portion of a hill came 

 down, and an iron bridge was destroyed. 



Lhipa, the country resi- 

 dence of Colonel Runbir 









—At Kan Sing Chok, in the same direction, 









vulgar report says, that for four or five days 



Sinh, 20 miles from Kat- 









before the Earthquake took place, noises 



mandu on the Lapa road, 









similar to the firing of cannon were heard as 



by the Kuti Pass, is seri- 









if under ground, and in this neighbourhood 



ously injured. Many small 









the high road to Lassa, is said to be in many 



houses attached were des- 









places blocked up by the fallen earth from 



troyed and several lives 

 lost. 









the mountains. 



West of Katmandu. 











Swambunath, 











3 



— One small temple destroyed and the large 



Hat Chok, 











3 



one injured. The form of the large one 



Narod Devi, 











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must have preserved it. It is the chief 



Changu Narayan, 











Buddhist temple in the valley, built in the 

 fashion of that religion, an immense circular 

 mound of brickwork, surmounted by a four- 



Goorkha Cantonment or 









sided spire or jweet. 



Campoo, 













— The house of a Captain much injured 

 here. 



Kertipur, 



Thankote, 









— Contains 532 houses, and is built along 











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the ridge and brow of a hill 300 feet higher 



West of the Valley. 









than the surrounding part of the valley. 

 Its tenements are old and frail. To ac- 



Demy Byas and neigh- 









count for its escape the inhabitants say, 



bouring Hills, .. 



10 







40 



" That some nights previous to the Earth- 



Tewanpur, 

 Nayakoth, .. 











10 



quake and on the memorable night itself, a 











3 



large tiger or leopard paraded several streets 











of the town, witnout molesting any of the 

 inhabitants. This forbearance was recipro- 



North of Katmandu. 









Dhurmtuli, 











2 



cal for the ' guardian angel' was allowed 



Huken Gaon, 











1 



to continue his protecting visits : the admir- 



Toka Gaon, 











15 



ing crowd, firm in the belief of correct 



Burha-tul Kanth 











2 



vision, hailed him as Itamji, another incar- 



Chapaly, 











7 



nation of the ' great preserver.' " 



Dharmpur, 











20 





South of the Valley. 











Chitlong, 











14 





Chisagarhy, 















— The fort here much injured : a large por- 

 tion of the breastwork facing the South has 

 fallen in, and the wall in many other places, 

 although not fallen, is seriously injured. 



Mukwanpur, 















— The fort here has also suffered, but in a 

 much less degree than the one at Chisa- 

 pany. 



Total, 



114 



172 



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