758 Capt. Herbert's Tour from Almorah, fyc. [No. 153. 



mud-colored clay, both of them with the same inclination as the in- 

 ferior strata. 



From the observations made in this day's march, I have no hesita- 

 tion in considering not only the Doon as composed of strata of the 

 new red sandstone,* but also the part of the plains lying at the foot 

 of the sandstone hills, and marked by the hard red clay so often no- 

 ticed. 5 p. m. Bar. 28.975, 69, 62, 57- Max. 75.5. 



2d Jaw.— -Thermometer min. 42. A dense fog cleared up at 9, 

 along by river perfectly level, after which turn a corner over some 

 low stony hills, and enter the Patlee Doon, a very pretty valley, 

 about 5 miles by 2, surface quite level and not only cleared of 

 jungle but of grass, a fine short green herbage. When I say of even 

 surface, I except a bank which runs along its whole length, and as a 

 step divides it into nearly two equal parts. The Ramgunga continues 

 to left at some distance, only one village, Seera-ka-rao, where encamp. 

 Formerly it was inhabited and highly cultivated ; but great sickness 

 prevails in the months of Usoj and Bhadon, which carried off the peo- 

 ple. This village,+ as well as Khuta and Mooteesaul are inhabited by 

 Bokshas, a race who seem to be the same as the Tharoos on the Goruck- 

 poor frontier. The hill people do not eat with them. No rocks visi- 

 ble to-day ; traces of wild elephants. Bar. at 4, 28.82, 73.5, 70, 57.79, 

 69, 60.5, 56. 



3d Jan. — Ther. min. 38.5, moist, 37-5. No fog, a great change, 

 dew point from 50 to 36. Heavy dew on the grass. Seera-ka-rao to 

 Gurur 12 miles, people up by 1. 



A good road in general, but some ups and downs, three miles was 

 a continuation of the Patlee Doon, and the remainder a succession of 

 narrow flats opening out more or less. Upon the whole it ought to be 

 a fine country, yet there is not a village along this line. A range of 

 low hills shut in the Ramgunga towards the plains. A road breaks 

 off about four miles back which leads through them to Juspoor. There 

 is also a road to Chookoom on the Kosillah ; sandstone prevails all the 

 way, and in one of the torrent beds crossed, is seen a fine example 



* This may be true, but why refer every thing to the European types ? When Capt. 

 Herbert wrote, the Sub-Himalyan fossils had not been discovered. These determine 

 the age and the analogies of the range, and not mere mineral characteristics.— J. H.B. 



f This tract, though still unhealthy, is slightly improved of late in regard to cultiva- 

 tion. The tobacco and turmeric are particularly good.— J. H. B. 



