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tropical ; a species of palm, plantains and peepuls, thrive here, although 

 pines and stunted oaks grow nearly at the water's edge in the ravine 

 which unites it with the Bui Dhoon. I saw one or two stunted peepuls 

 near Bajoura in Kulu, which cannot be less than 4500 feet above the 

 sea, as Sultanpore, but six miles higher up the stream, is 4584 feet. The 

 winters are very severe in Kulu, although the summers are hot. 



39. After taking leave of the Rajah we commenced our journey 

 towards Kulu on the 10th January. We crossed the Beas in a boat 

 and proceeded for about two miles along its right bank and then com- 

 menced the ascent of the Goger range, a long and tedious operation. 

 The descent from the ghat to the right bank of the Hulhu (or Oohl) 

 is very sudden and steep. That river is nearly as large as the Beas at 

 Mundi-nuggur. We crossed it by a Sanga and kept along its left bank 

 until we came to the point where the Ootursal flows into the Hulhu ; we 

 then continued along the left bank of the former until within a mile of 

 the hamlet of Kamaud, where we halted at a Barra-durree built at 

 the expense of the present Rajah of Mundi. It is placed in a deep 

 glen, and the surrounding mountains present either bare precipitous 

 cliffs or smooth but steep declivities covered with coarse grass. As 

 from the Barra-durree no trees save a few cheels are visible, and the 

 encircling mountains are rocky, precipitous, and barren, the surround- 

 ing scenery is desolation itself. This gloomy spot is about 10 miles 

 from Mundi-nuggur. 



40. When we arose the next morning a sharp hoar frost covered the 

 ground and a covey of Chukor* were feeding around our tents. Having 

 started we kept on the left bank of the Ootursal for about 1^ miles, and 

 after fording it we turned off to the left up a ravine which leads to the 

 pass over the high range of Tiri. Passing through some fields of wheat 

 and by some hamlets, we came upon a few rhododendrons and oaks, 

 some of the former being in full blossom ; afterwards for the last 500 

 feet we ascended through a continuous forest of oaks, rhododendrons, 

 and other trees, and though the sun shone bright and was hot, a hard 

 frost covered the ground, and large patches of snow lay here and there 

 in the pass as well as on the higher peaks. Cedars, oaks, and pines, 

 cover in dense forest the crest of the Tira range. The eastern slope 

 was likewise bound up in snow and frost, and is covered nearly to the 



* Peidix Chukor. 



