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Correspondence of the Commissioners 



[Feb. 



Bate. 



5th Nov. 



6th 



7th 



8th . . 



9 th 



10th .. 



11th .. 



12th .. 



13th till 

 31st. 



Halting 

 place. 



Karku. 



Braghar. 



Kunes. 



Kuru. 



Keris. 

 Golochu, 



Iskardo. 



Halt. 



No. of 



miles 



10 



H 



Remarks. 



Crossed river below Khaplu. Road 

 along bed of river or through cultivation 

 the whole way. 



Along the right bank of the river 

 almost the whole way. At end of march 

 a large stream joins from the north. 



The valley contracts below Braghar, 

 and about two miles lower down, where 

 it bends to the north, has become very 

 narrow and rocky, so that the latter part 

 of the march was a succession of ascents 

 and descents. 



A fatiguing march over a ridge of 

 mountains to avoid an impassable bed 

 of the river. Road very steep and sto- 

 ny. 



First two miles over rocks, remainder 

 along river bed till reaching the cultiva- 

 ted lands of Keris, an extensive village. 



Junction of Indus is about a mile be- 

 low Keris ; afterwards the valley is very 

 narrow and rocky, and the stream very 

 rapid. 



Road over rocks, but close to river 

 for three miles, after which it ascends a 

 lateral ravine and continues among low 

 hills at some distance from the river, 

 which is not seen again till end of march. 



Over a sandy plain, crossing river one 

 mile above Iskardo. Valley widens much 

 and is very sandy. A large river joins 

 from the northward. 



(Signed) Thomas Thomson, 



Commissioner, Tibetan Frontier. 



(True Copies) 



J. Lawrence, 



Officiating Resident. 



