108 Narrative of a Journey to Cho Lagan, fyc. [July, 



ble of giving shelter to five hundred laden sheep and men in proportion ; 

 being out of the way I did not see it. Another great ascent from 

 Malpagar ; the path still precipitous and in steep steps, along the side 

 of Chantirong : the summit, Umdognyir, a minor rocky projection 

 not half way up the mountain side, reaches an elevation of 9,500 

 feet perhaps, some half a mile vertically above the river. Thence a 

 descent again, not over easy, to the bank of the Kali, a mile or two 

 along which brings us to Lamare, a small level encamping- ground, 

 close on the river side, with boulders of rock, (Ld ?) 



The Kali here may be 100 feet across and looks as though it would 

 be fordable but for the violence of the current. 



A man from Kunti says that snow has fallen in his village lately, 

 and that the Kunti passes have probably got more than enough of the 

 same. 



This day's march, about 5 miles by the map, occupied me 6^ hours, 

 besides half an hour for rest, &c. In the lower parts of the ground, 

 near the bed of the river, I found the sun very hot. 



Thermometer at sunset 61^°, boiled at 198°, (same as Golam La) 

 elevation 8000 feet; evening cloudy with a little rain. 



23tZ September. — Leave Lamare, path easy, ascends a little, and con- 

 tinues above the river bank under the side of Yirtashin ; a mile on 

 crosses a small gar,* the Takti, and at two miles descends to the Palan- 

 gar, a considerable rapid crossed by a Sanga near its confluence with 

 the Kali. This gar comes through a deep ravine from Tokong, a 

 snowy ridge, of which the opposite side gives rise to the gar of Shela in 

 Darma, and there was once a pass this way, but dangerous, and disused 

 since lives were lost there some years ago. This Tokong must be 

 a secondary spur from Yirgnajang, the Gula Ghat of the map. 



The valley of the Kali now expands a little and gives site to the 

 village of Budhi, (the first and lowest of Byans, and the single village 

 of Sub-Alpine Byans, as it might be termed) on the right bank, above 

 the confluence of the Palangar. Here I see a good-sized Walnut tree 

 ( Juglans regia) by the Bhotias called Kds-shin ; a large Barberry, 

 Khas : Chotra, Bhot : Ndchi-shin (Berberis aristata), fruit worth- 

 less ; sweet red-flowered Buckwheat (Fagopyrum vulgare ?) Khas : 

 Ogal t Bhot, Palti, and the bitter white (or yellow) flowered sort 

 * Mountain-stream. 



