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Correspondence of the Conwiissioners 



[Feb. 



Date. 



2nd Nov. 



3rd 

 4th 

 5th 

 6th 

 7 th 



Halting 

 place. 



Srinagar, 

 Capital o 

 Kashmir. 



Halt. 



Remarks. 



Road for* miles round the base 



of low hills and along the edge of 

 rice fields. At Daran I. noticed large 

 masses of conglomerate resting on the 

 rock. The road then ascended a level 

 cultivated plain upwards of 100 feet 

 above the rice-fields. At 5 miles near 

 the village of Shur I was met by the 

 Dewan Nihall Chand and escorted to 

 the city where I took up my quarters 

 in Dilawar Khan's Garden. In the 

 evening the Dewan waited upon me 

 with a present from the Maharaja of 

 325 Hari Singhi rupees. 



On these days I observed the decli- 

 nation magnetometer and the dipping 

 needle together with all the meteoro- 

 logical instruments. I also obtained 

 four meridian altitudes and numerous 

 equal altitudes of the sun. On the 5th 

 I paid a visit of 2 hours to the Maha- 

 raja Golab Singh. He was particularly 

 cordial in his manner, and he recounted 

 to me all the leading events in the con- 

 quest of Ladak and Balti and the inva- 

 sion of the Lahasan territory. He 

 seemed particularly desirous to impress 

 me with the belief that his last expedi- 

 tion was undertaken not only against 

 his wishes, but in spite of his repeated 

 orders to the contrary. On this occa- 

 sion, I presented to the Maharaja, a 

 box with a singing bird, and on my 

 taking leave, His Highness waved a 

 bag of 50 Hari Singhi rupees round 

 my head. On the next day, the 6th, 

 at the Maharaja's desire I dined in the 

 Shergurhi, and spent 4 hours in con- 

 versation with His Highness. He was 

 very communicative, and detailed to me 

 the strength and disposition of his 

 Military force, and showed me speci- 

 mens of his mountain artillery, small 

 * Sic in MS.— Eds. 



