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Mandil village, are indispensable. A little above Butalee, the Pabur 

 receives on the right bank the Mutretee river, from the Moral ke 

 Dhar, consisting of lofty, broken, glacis-like ridges, the strata lying 

 over towards the Sutluj, and probably rising to 13,000 feet. . It is the 

 continuation of the Shatool range, and divides Chooara from Dusao. 

 By fording the Mutretee at a mill in the line of the Pabur, a considerable 

 detour to the bridge up to its glen and a subsequent ascent of several 

 hundred feet may be avoided ; the short cut keeps close to the Pabur, 

 but it requires a steady head to pass in safety some narrow ledges 

 of rock, against which when the water is high, the current sets 

 strongly, and none should then attempt it, who cannot depend on 

 their nerves. On our return, the Pabur had fallen considerably, and 

 we effected the passage without further inconvenience than what arose 

 from the chilly waters of the Mutretee, which must be forded. About two 

 miles on is Chergaon, a small and poor hamlet, about 6,000 feet above the 

 sea, in the angle formed by the junction of the Undretee or Indravutee 

 river with the Pabur. This impetuous torrent which is about equal in size 

 to the Pabur, pours down south from the Shatool Pass ; the bridge 

 having been carried away, we were forced to cross its angry waters by 

 a single tree, which my companion did unaided, while I was glad to ac- 

 cept the assistance of a neighbouring miller. Al-sirat itself could scarce be 

 more narrow, or destruction more certain in the event of a slip. Cher- 

 gaon is well supplied with apricot and other fruit trees, and the brink of 

 the Pabur is shaded by alder, &c. The Toombroo peak, north of the 

 Shunkun Ghatee, erroneously written Toongroo in the maps, is a con- 

 spicuous point from Chergaon down the glen of the Pabur. 



September \0th. — To Moojwar village in Rol, twelve miles, a fatigu- 

 ing march, during which we accompanied our coolies, who halted 

 liberally to rest and smoke, so that we were eight hours on the road. 

 For three miles the path lies through rice cultivation and brush-wood, 

 up the left bank of the Undretee ; then crosses and ascends about 500 

 feet to Dugol, a Brahman village of eight or ten families on the right 

 bank, but in the map erroneously placed on the left. It is reckoned 

 6,800 feet above the sea, but the warm clothing of the inhabitants in- 

 dicates a much colder climate than would be due to such an eleva- 

 tion nearer the plains. The holy fathers are small, well made, well clad 

 men, but being afflicted with the itch, accompanied us to Rol for medi- 



