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26. Having wound your way through four miles more of this irk- 

 some ravine you enter at last the long wished for valley of Kangra, 

 One mile further is Bunda ghat. This ghat is over a considerable 

 stream which joins the Guj at the mouth of the pass. The town of 

 Bhawun is four miles N. E. of this, and the road is along a level coun- 

 try intersected by three or four deep torrent beds. There is however 

 another route by which a good deal of the unpleasant work of fording 

 may be avoided. This can be done by following the course of a very 

 narrow ravine which turns off to the right about a mile from Putti- 

 pani. It brings you out upon a high hill, from which the road descends 

 into the valley along the crest of a spur and joins the other one mid- 

 way between Bunda ghat and Bhawun. The distance is rather in- 

 creased by the latter route. There is also a footpath which leads over 

 the hills from Nagrota to Kangra, but I have never travelled along it. 

 In a village not far from Bunda ghat, and looking down on to the 

 Guj, I saw a bair tree (Zizyphus jujuba) measuring 3| feet round, 

 which appeared to me of rather an unusual size. 



27. Having arrived at the point from which I started, and not 

 wishing to go over the same ground twice, I will make a fresh start 

 from Joala-mukhi. Kotlair and the former place lie nearly due north 

 and south of each other and about 25 miles apart. I purpose describ- 

 ing this route in the first instance, and afterwards that through Muhul- 

 mooree and Sookeyt to Mundi-nuggur. 



28. From Joala-mukhi to the Beas opposite Nadoun, is 9 miles. 

 The road is level and good. Nadoun can hardly be called any thing- 

 more than a small town or large village, although the numerous Hindu 

 temples, and extensive ruins, remind one of its former greatness. It 

 is built on the left bank of the river and rather more than 100 feet 

 above it, but the opposite bank is very low, and shelving. A fine flight 

 of steps, made of sandstone, leads down to the water, which here 

 presents a wide unruffled surface. Its width is probably 150 yards, 

 and the current is barely perceptible, although its average rate cannot 

 be less than four miles an hour. The latter of course varies according 

 to the season. In the shallows shoals of fish may be seen basking in 

 the sun. There are plenty of fine trees in and about the town, and the 

 country around is decidedly pretty. There is an old saying " whoever 

 comes to Nadoun who would wish to leave it?" which might have 



