698 Barometrical Altitudes in Nepal [Aug. 



mandir (or temple). Its water has a somewhat yellow colour. Over 

 this river we have to pass by a rope bridge of 42 cubits span at the 

 ghat. The stream is 4 cubits deep and very rapid. Hence to Brah- 

 manki pati, 1 kos: to Nydkot, 4 kos. On the ascent to Nydkot is a 

 small hill, westward ; on arrival there, is a bridge over the Trisuligangd 

 and General Bhimsen's garden with barracks for two companies of 

 sipahis. There also is the road to Palpa* : from which mountain 

 every thing can be seen. And in the town of Nyakot are a great 

 many deotds (images). But on the west of the town is a temple of 

 Bheero, the roof which is coated with brass ; and near the raja's house 

 two towers (kot) are built exceedingly higb, of six stories. The fourth 

 (chhaotha ? 6th) story is of wood : : so these two towers and the 

 temple of Bhcero are visible a great way off. And there are in the town 

 of Nyakot two mohlas ( ? talao's), one named Asiwdritol, the other 

 Bhardgtol. And the Trisuligangd flows beneath the town on the 

 west, over it is a wooden bridge. It is 10 cubits deep at that spot. 

 The bridge is raised 16 cubits, and has a span of 83 cubits ; it is very 

 old, but the force of the current is here so great that unless a bridge 

 existed it would be impossible to pass over. From Nyakot to the 

 Surujmati river is 2 kos towards the south-east corner: broad 64 

 cubits, deep 3J cubits, of great velocity : it is passed with a ferry-boat. 

 On this side are two patjs (?) and a bania's shop. Thence to Dumari- 

 chawr (or Bungrichaura) is 3 kos ; where are one pati and a bania's 

 shop. Thence to Ketikapud, 1± kos. Half way is a village named 

 Baramandi : Ketika puwa is ruined and not fit to stop at ; nobody 

 rests there. Thence to Rdnikapuwa, 1 kos. This is also decayed (tuta) 

 and nobody stops at it. Then comes Jdfir ka puwa, 1 kos. At this 

 place on an insulated hill stands the house of the bafa sahib (the resi- 

 dent) and thence it is called the Angrej kapuwa ; and in Jdfir ka puwa 

 are many business-like people — eatables and drinkables are to be had, 

 Thence to Basndth ka puwa is half a kos, and half a kos further is 

 Khola : thence to Jasardm ka puwa, half a kos ; and then a second 

 Khola, % a kos. Chamubasndth ka puwa, \ kos ; Jitpurphedi, 1 kos. 

 Thence to Nepdl-faring6 ke chooni (the English residence) four kos : 

 making altogether from Katmandhu to Gosainsthdn, 47 kos. 



Then follows the register kept in a tabular form, to which we have 

 only added one column expressing the appropriate height of each sta- 

 tion relatively to Katmandhu. — Ed. 



* Perhaps pahdrpar jfine ka rjsta, ' road to the mountains,' or the pass into 

 Tibet. This reading is supported by the next sentence, so us pahdr par se sab 

 najar awta ha. 



