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Correspondence of the Commissioners 



[Feb. 



Bate. 



18th Oct. 



Charak. 



19th 



20th . 



21st .. 



22nd . . 



Halting 

 place. 



Molvil. 



Halt. 



Dok. 



Kargyil. 



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Remarks. 



Road good and generally level, with 

 a few slight ascents and descents. 

 Crossed the Kanji river five times by 

 temporary bridges. At 5|- miles passed 

 Kherbo, and at 7 miles, Thakshe, both 

 picturesque-looking places, situated on 

 isolated cliffs. At 8 miles the road left 

 the Kanji (which is said to join the 

 Indus at Dah), and proceeded up a 

 small stream to the westward ; an easy 

 ascent the whole way. 



An easy ascent of 1|- mile to the top 

 of the Namyika Pass, 12,600 feet high. 

 Thence a rather rapid descent of nearly 

 4 miles to the bed of the Waka-chu; 

 and then along the right bank of the 

 stream through fields for 2 miles to 

 Molvil. 



Observed the declinometer and the 

 meteorological instruments hourly from 

 4 a. m. to 4 p. m. and the dipping 



needles at A\ 



p. m. taking 16 obser- 



vations of each needle. 



Road for 3 miles down the Waka 

 river, through an open and cultivated 

 country. It then crosses the Pugal 

 river, and shortly afterwards the Waka, 

 which narrows to a mere rocky torrent 

 till within \\ mile of Dok where the 

 cultivation again appears. 



At 5f miles passed Paskyum with a 

 fort on a projecting spur on the left 

 bank of the Waka river, and the town 

 on both banks below more than half 

 deserted, but the lands well cultivated. 

 At half a mile further crossed the river, 

 thence passing several villages and 

 much cultivation for 3 miles, the road 

 ascended to a level stony plain and con- 

 tinued to the N. W. dipping at every 

 half mile about 50 feet or more, and 

 then descended nearly 300 feet to the 

 junction of the Waka with the Sum 



