JOURNAL 



of th; 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



AUGUST, 1848. 



Narrative of a Journey to Cho Lagan (Rdkas Tal), Cho Mapan 

 . ( Manas ar 6 war), and the valley of Pruang in Gnari, IfundSs, in 

 September and October 1846. By Henry Strachey, Lieut. 66th 

 Begt. Bengal N. I. 



(Continued from page 120.) 



27th September. — Morning pretty fine but clouds still hanging about 

 the mountain tops. Thermometer at 8 a.m. 38° ; must have been 

 freezing at night. This valley is so shut in by lofty mountains that 

 the sun does not show his face for some two hours after the proper time 

 of his rising, and apparent sunset is premature in the same degree, 

 so that the day is much curtailed of its fair proportions, which the cli- 

 mate of the place qan ill afford. 



Here I make my last halt to-day in order to sort my baggage, get- 

 ting rid of the greater part of it, and to muster my Bhotias with cattle 

 and all other requisites for progress across the snow. I leave all my 

 domestic servants, with the impedimenta ; the Hindus, including two 

 Panaris, are already hors-de-combat, as much I believe from the after 

 effects of the heat to which they were exposed in the lower part of the 

 journey, as from the present cold, which is not very severe. My Mus- 

 sulmen are still pretty lively, but they probably would become unser- 

 viceable to me, if not to themselves at 14,000 feet, so they may keep the 

 Hindus company. 



I consider it adviseable also to reduce the bulk of my Kafila as much 

 as possible, the better to avoid notice, though my Bh6tia companions 



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