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Correspondence of the Commissioners 



[Feb, 



Date. 



13th Oct. 



14th 



Hemistokpo 



Snurla. 



15th 



Bridge over 

 the Indus. 



91 



Remarks. 



dry ravine and along the bank of the 

 Lakiru rivulet to Saspul on the Indus, 

 a pretty scattered village watered by 

 two revulets. 



Road along the right bank of the 

 Indus for six miles barren and rocky 

 to Urletokpo, a small place of only 2 

 houses, opposite the village of Sgyera, 

 which has a considerable extent of cul- 

 tivation. Thence the road continues 

 along the right bank of the river, with 

 some steepish ascents and descents for 

 3f miles to a level spot opposite a 

 small patch of cultivation with a few 

 houses called Hemis-tokpo. 



Road for A miles along the right 

 bank of the Indus, level and occasion- 

 ally very sandy. At this point the 

 upper road via Hemis joins the lower 

 road via Saspul, and at 1^ niile beyond 

 the large scattered village of Snurla is 

 reached. Here walnut trees were first 

 observed, but of no great size : the 

 fruit however was large and good. 

 Chakors were numerous ; and the wild 

 animal, half goat half deer, called Sha, 

 abounded on the opposite hills. I pro- 

 cured a fine 

 culty. 



R,oad continued along the right bank 

 of the Indus. At 4 miles passed Balu- 

 khar, a ruined castle on a low isolated 

 rock. At 3 miles farther 

 illage of Kallach, the 

 Moorcroft, who calls it 

 largest places in Ladak. 

 only 19 inhabited houses : 



large male with some dini- 



reacbed the 

 Khalets of 

 one of the 

 It has now 

 but I ob- 



served whole rows of roofless houses. 

 Indeed I have observed the same at 

 nearly every village in the Ladak terri- 

 tory from Giah to Le, and from Le to 

 Molvil. Atone mile beyond the village,, 

 crossed the Indus bv a substantial 



