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bank of the river brought us to Sultanpore, the capital town of Kulu. 

 This portion of the Beas* flows through a ravine rather than a valley. 

 At some places the ravine must be nearly a mile in width. The hills 

 on both sides, excepting just at their crests, are bare and treeless, a 

 great part of the valley strewed over with trunks of trees, boulders, and 

 silt, which were brought down by the great flood that occurred during 

 the rains of 1845. "We passed only one hamlet on the road, for the 

 majority of the inhabitants reside high up on the slopes of the sur- 

 rounding hills, to avoid fever and ague, which are prevalent in the 

 valley during the rainy season. Sultanpore is a small straggling town, 

 nearly a fourth part of which is composed of the Rajah's residence and 

 out-buildings. f The Rajah is constantly complaining that the Govern- 

 ment promised him a jaghir worth 12,000 Rs. a year, but gave him 

 one worth only 8,000. He is a diminutive and insignificant little be- 

 ing. The Serbari flows from the westward to the Beas at Sultanpore, 

 which is built within the angle formed by those two rivers. Beyond 

 this the valley of the Beas contracts and the enclosing mountains appear 

 to be more lofty. When I saw them, they were covered with snow to 

 nearly their bases which circumstance prevented my proceeding further 

 in that direction. For the same reason I was unable to visit the lead 

 mine which exists in the neighbourhood, and I believe within the Rajah's 

 jaghir. 



42. Disappointed at not being able to proceed northward I deter- 

 mined to make the attempt to the eastward and therefore fixed upon 

 Maruni-karu as the goal. From Bajoura to Brahma-kotee is about 10 

 miles, and the pug-dundee, or foot path is very bad. I was obliged in 

 consequence to leave my horse behind. Two miles above Bajoura the 

 Beas is crossed on bullock skins, and for the rest of the way the route 

 lies along the left bank of the Parba or Parbati, which flows many 

 hundred feet below. Within the angle formed, on the left bank, by the 

 two above mentioned rivers, is the village of Bho-en which was a thriving 

 place until nearly destroyed by the Sikhs. After leaving that village 

 we entered the glen of the Parbati, which for the first two miles is very 

 narrow and the sides of the mountains precipitous. Afterwards, how- 



* The Beas is divided into two parts by an island covered with jungle, near Bho- 

 en, and helow and above Sultanpore. 



t There is a fair held in the town during the rains. (Vide Appendix C.) 



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