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Map. As much further on, where the river route meets the made road 

 at an elevation of 3896 feet, (R. S.) the torrent again forks, the eastern 

 branch rising in the Lurria Kanta Peak, and leading to Ulmah ka 

 Khan ; that to the west has its sources in Cheenur mountain, and near 

 Jak and Boodlakot villages, forms several fine cascades just visible from 

 the road ; the greatest of them has a fall of 270 feet. 



In the bed of the Khyrna, below this point, the Datisca cannabina 

 (or nepaleusis) grows luxuriantly : its bitter yellow roots are in some 

 medicinal estimation under the names Bujr-bhunga and Bhung-jala 

 (water-hemp). Dalbergia robusta, "Buro," is large and abundant here- 

 abouts ; and between 6000 — 6500 feet occurs an undescribed Ipomaea, 

 with small pink blossoms, which Mr. Edgeworth proposes to call I. 

 oxyphylla. It is also found, I think, below Khathee, on the Pindur. 



During the latter portion of the ascent to the Ulmah ka Khan (Ulra 

 ka Khan in the Map) the mountain scenery becomes exceedingly grand 

 and varied : to the right, and ahead, the vast summit and inaccessible 

 steeps of Cheenur are feathered with Cyprus and oak ; to the left are 

 Lurria Kanta and its spurs ; to the north, at a profound depth, is the 

 bed of the torrent, blocked up with great boulders — and over and be- 

 yond it the long line of the snowy range. The forest on the road side 

 consists for the most part of Pinus longifolia and Quercus incana, both 

 of large dimensions. The Pass is named from a Rohilla invader who 

 was slain here, or from a Devtah of the same name ; both accounts are 

 in vogue. From the crest, there is an abrupt descent of about 1100 

 feet to Nynee Tal, the upper end of which bears nearly south, distant 

 one mile, in a horizontal line. 



This now celebrated, but somewhat over-puffed lake, is a small tarn, 

 extending from N. W. to S. E. about seven furlongs, with a maximum 

 breadth of 2} : the greatest depth about 80 feet. It is fed by a small 

 rivulet from Cheenur ; and at the opposite or S. E. extremity, issues 

 one of the sources of the Buliya river, which, flowing down a gentle 

 and lovely valley of quite Italian scenery, joins the Goula above Bu- 

 mouree. Through this glen a carriage road is perfectly feasible to with- 

 in a couple of miles of the station, and its commencement has been 

 authorized by the Honorable the Lieutenant-Governor, N. W. P. 



The water of the lake is perfectly clear, and under the generality of 

 the skyey influences, exhibits a blue which reminds one of a reach of 



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