1844.] Capt. Herbert's Tour from Almorak, $c. 761 



and again ascend to village, which is at no great distance from the 

 river. Two remarkable peaks North of the river. The rocks are 

 greywacke slate of the usual colors: olive, reddish-purple, &c. and 

 quartz rock of a granular composition occasionally. This latter rock 

 has an extensive development, but no strata are visible, so deep is 

 the covering of debris over both it and the slate. Very warm when 

 in exercise, particularly in the ascents. 



7 th Jan. — Cloudy. Ujolee to Hurura 3| hours. A steep as- 

 cent at starting. Greywacke slate olive coloured. Wind round 

 glen with quartz rock. Descend to stream and ascend. Greywacke 

 slate-pass a third glen. Some fragments of green-stone. A very bad 

 road to-day, and the march very fatiguing. 



Both yesterday and to-day I fancied I observed traces of serpentine, 

 in union not only with the slate, but with the quartz, rock. No- 

 thing like a specimen of that rock, but slight impregnations; judged 

 of more from color than any other test ; see specimens to-day and yes- 

 terday. These two days we have entirely left the river* and ascended, 

 it being at some distance to left. High peaks on its North bank. 

 Passed under Goojroo-gurh this morning, where was a Goorkha post 

 formerly. The plains are visible thence. Almost all the high ranges 

 are deep in snow. 



4 p. m. 25.775, 52, 46. Rainy. 



8th Jan — Rained all yesterday afternoon, a little hail. This morn- 

 ing fine, with some snow fallen on the high ridges, but not so much 

 as I expected. At noon start for Jak, about 3 or 3^ hours. I delay- 

 ed much on the road in consequence of the heat. Descend by a mode- 

 rately steep road by nullah, small ; bed full of debris, 50 feet thick at 

 least. Channel cut out of the dobris, greywacke slate, steeper ascent to 

 ridge, greywacke slate and quartz rock. A mangoe tree near summit ; 

 say Bar. 26. Wind round glen in which are the following villages : 

 Sonkut Bomun, Kotlee, and Hunera. From the second ridge, Indolee 

 bears a little west of north. Ramgunga very tortuous just there, a 

 longish stream joins it with rather a long course, and some level cul- 

 tivated spots are seen in its bed. Budungurh river is left behind, a suc- 

 cession of small descents and ascents leading round small glens brought 



* Ramgunga. 



