1848.] 



deputed to the Tibetan Frontier 



121 



Date. 



28th Oct. 



29th 



30th 



31st .. 



1st Nov. 



Sonamurg. 



Gagangir. 



Surbara. 



Kangan. 



Gandar-bal. 



10i 



Remarks, 



spot is called Bal-thal, literally " Hill- 

 foot" — snow fell half the day. 



Road down the right bank of the 

 Sindh river a succession of slight as- 

 cents and descents occasionally through 

 fine forest. At 6|- miles crossed the 

 Nila, a large stream. At 8^ miles 

 crossed the Sindh by a wooden spar 

 bridge, 60 feet span, and encamped op- 

 posite Sonamurg, which has now only 

 one inhabited house. Snow fell all 

 day and night. 



Road for \\ mile level through deep 

 snow. At \ mile beyond crossed the 

 Sindh by a spar bridge, 60 feet span. 

 Thence for 5 miles up and down steep 

 rocky ruts, full of snow and mud ; a 

 most fatiguing and disagreeable march, 

 snow falling the whole way. Around 

 Gagangir great numbers of walnut trees. 

 Snow during the day. 



Road for 7 miles to the W. S. W. 

 along the right bank of the Sindh, and 

 through much cultivation to Gunda- 

 Sarsing, where I observed the first rice- 

 fields : thence to the S. W. for up- 

 wards of 3 miles to Surbara, crossing 

 the Sindh 1 mile above the village. 



At If mile crossed the river and 

 continued along the right bank to the 

 northward of west, passing the pretty 

 village of Margund, to Kangan, a good- 

 sized place with much cultivation. 



Road for 4 miles to the north of west 

 along the right bank of the Sindh : 

 thence across the river by a bridge of 

 57 feet span, and up a steep bank to 

 an elevated table-land along which the 

 road turned to the S. W. past the large 

 village of Nunar to Gandar-bal. From 

 the top of the ascent the Iluri-purbut 

 and Takhti-Suliman to the east and 

 west of the capital were both visible. 



