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which game is said to be plentiful, but I should think it would be 

 next to impossible to get at it. 



3 1 . The march across the Dhoon is particularly interesting to the 

 geologist. Its surface presents a singularly disturbed appearance, and 

 at about the middle of the valley the road enters a large basin- shaped 

 hollow where the strata slope outwards with a somewhat qua qua ver- 

 sal dip. It looks like the remains of an ancient crater, but such 

 I think it could never have been, as I could discover no signs of 

 igneous action. However the whole of this valley deserves a most 

 attentive examination. One principal stream which empties itself into 

 the Sutlej serves to drain the valley. This march is about 10 miles 

 long and terminates at a hamlet, called Dhook. It is situated at the 

 base of the high ridge of Kotlehr, the ascent of which is rendered 

 tolerably easy by a broad pathway made at the order of the rajah 

 who owns the jaghir. The rajah of Kotlehr is an old grey-haired 

 man with nothing peculiar in either his manners or his person. His 

 estate produces him I believe an income of 17000 Us. a year. On 

 the summit of the Kotlehr ridge is an extensive fortification composed 

 of five detached works. The three principal ones, as well as the forts 

 of Chow-mukhi and Sola-singha, were partly dismantled whilst I was 

 there. From the highest point the views of the Sutlej, of the Jaswun, 

 Sekunder, and Chumba ranges, with the intermediate valleys, are very 

 beautiful. The pergunnah of Kotlehr is separated by the Sutlej from 

 Kylore, from that part of it at least which lies within that remarkable 

 bend the Sutlej makes to the north-westward. The saliferous forma- 

 tion crosses the river at that point and passing through Kylore and 

 Subathoo, extends I believe as far as Almorah. 



32. From Dhook I travelled north-eastward across the valley and 

 over the Sola-singha range to the hamlet of Bursur. It is built on 

 the north-eastern slope of the range, which is there covered with cheel. 

 Thence also a large forest of* the same stretches out in a northerly 

 direction towards the Joala range. This march is 9 miles long. The 

 road is bad, especially up to the ghat, the ascent to which is very 

 steep for horses. The crest of the pass may be elevated 1000 feet 

 above the valleys on each side. 



33. Bohota is a large village pleasantly situated, and about 12 miles 



* Vide Appendix. 



