634 Route from Kdthmdndu to Darjeling. [Dec. 



Route from Kdthmdndu, the capital of Nepal, to Darjeling in Sikim, 

 interspersed with remarks on the people and country, by B. H. 

 Hodgson, Esq. 



1st Stage to Choukut, East, 1\ cos. 



Proceeding via Mangal, which is within a } mile of the city, we came 

 to Nangsal, at the like distance from Mangal. Both are petty suburban 

 Newar villages. Thence to Deopatan, distant f cos, a large pakka* 

 village inhabited by Newars. Thence to Themi, 1 J cos. Themi is a 

 considerable pakka town of Newars, and is famous for its pottery. Thence 

 to Bhatgaon, distant one cos; Bhatgaon is a large handsome Newar 

 town situated near the eastern end of the valley of Nepal, and is said to 

 contain 12000 houses. Its palace, temples and tanks are very striking 

 structures. Thence to Sanga, 2 cos. This bridge-like place stands on 

 a low ridge separating the great valley of Nepal proper from the sub- 

 ordinate valley of Banepa. It is a small place, but the houses are all 

 pakka, as usual with the Newars. Thence to Banepa, one cos. Banepa 

 is a small pakka town inhabited by Newars, and situated in the vale of 

 the same name. Thence to Khanarpu, one cos. It is a nice little 

 Newar village, situated near the point where the dales of Banepa and 

 Panouti blend with each other. Thence to Choukot, J cos, ascending 

 a low ridge and quitting the level country thus far traversed, and all of 

 which is highly cultivated, yielding autumn crops of rice and spring 

 ones of wheat. 



2nd Stage to Kdldpdni, East, 6 cos. 



Ascend the large ridge of Batasia and come to the mountain village 

 of Phulbari, which is somewhat less than one cos from Kalapani. 

 Thence along the ridge 1\ cos to Syampati, another small village of 

 Parbatias. Thence to Salancho, one cos. Salancho is a third small hill 

 village, and it overlooks the glen of Kashi Khand on the left. Thence 

 to Kanpur, a Parbattia village, close to which is the halting place, at a 

 tank called Kalapani, distant from Mithya Kot \\ cos. 



* Pakka here means built of burnt bricks. This word and its correlative Kachcha 

 are most convenient terms for which I know no English equivalents. 



