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12. Kumlehghur and the valley called the Seel khud are bounded 

 to the eastward by a high range known, as I said before, by the name 

 of the Sekunder-ke-dhar. Its highest peak rises to an elevation of not 

 less than 8,000 feet above the sea, and its general direction is north 

 and south. The next in rotation, and also to the eastward, are the 

 Gogar-ke-dhar, and the Tiri-ke-dhar, beyond which are an endless 

 succession of ranges rising one above another until they attain enor- 

 mous altitudes. These, forming the rugged tracts of Mundi and 

 Kooloo are lofty spurs from the Chumba range, and run directly to the 

 southward. With the exception of the Chumba the hills to the west- 

 ward of the Secunder range scarcely attain the elevation of 5,000 feet 

 above the sea. The communication between these lesser hills and the 

 mountainous country beyond, is carried on through three principal 

 routes. The most northern is by following the course of the Beeas ; 

 the next, over the Gingeytree ghat, is the high road between Kumleh- 

 ghur and Mundi-nugger ; and the third is over the Secunder ghat : 

 this last is the direct route from Muhulmooree and the Seel khud to 

 Sookeyt. 



13. The view from the Gingeytree ghat is very grand and imposing, 

 Looking over Mundi and Kooloo one sees, at this season of the year, 

 the summits of the nearer ranges of Goger and Tiri covered with a 

 temporary mantle of snow : the brilliant whiteness of the latter forming 

 a strange contrast to the dark green of the primeval forests of Pines 

 and Cedar trees, with which their crests are adorned. Beyond these 

 the rugged peaks of Kooloo, bound up in eternal frosts, are seen tower- 

 ing one above another in glittering splendour. To the north the snowy 

 ridge of Chumba forms a magnificent limit to the scene. Turning to 

 the westward, however, a delightful alternation of hill and valley meets 

 your view : there one sees every variety of landscape that could be 

 formed of wood and stream, hills and valleys. But the bare hills of 

 Kumleh-ghur, and the wooded heights of Chungar and Assa-pooree, are 

 insignificant indeed, when compared to the snow-clad peaks of Kooloo. 

 (Assa-pooree is an isolated hill in the Kangra valley.) But of all other 

 sights in these hills the most striking is a view of the Chumba range, 

 when snow has fallen in the Kangra valley, and on the surrounding 

 heights. No words could convey an idea of the sublimity of that range 

 ■when thus clothed from head to foot in its gelid mantle. It rises ab- 



