(J44 Route from K&thm&ndu to Darjeling. [Dec, 



30 cubits wide between the hot weather banks. This is the seventh 

 and last of the great feeders of the Cdsi, which it joins at Tirbeni, a 

 holy place of pilgrimage, so called from its being the point of union of 

 the three rivers, Tamdr, Arun and Sun Cdsi.* The Tamdr rises from 

 the Western aspect of King chang junga. We crossed the Tamdr in a 

 boat, and then proceeded half a cos down its left bank. Thence, quitting 

 the river, you skirt the base of the Madi hill for one cos to the Tan- 

 khuda nadi, a small hill stream. Cross it to Mamaga tar, and then 

 travel through this fine extensive flat for two cos. The whole is culti- 

 vable, and the most part cultivated by Denwars and Manjhis, and it is 

 situated on the banks of the Tamdr, to which the winding of the road 

 again brings you. Quitting the Tar you advance a quarter of a cos to 

 the Rasua Khdla, which forded, you proceed along the base of the Telia 

 ridge for 1^ cos to another Tirbeni and place of pilgrimage, where the 

 Cherwa and Telia rivers join the Tamdr at Cherwa ghat. A great fair 

 is annually held at Cherwa, to which traders go even from Kathmandii. 

 Thence proceeding a ^ cos you reach the halting place or Bhainsia tar. 

 The tar may be \ cos wide and one cos long. It is very hot and mala- 

 rious, and is inhabited by the Manjhi tribe. 



\§th Stage to Lakshmipur, E. N. E. 5 cos. 



A quarter cos of slight ascent brings you to the Nawa Khola, a 

 moderate-sized stream, which is ascended for 3 cos by a very bad road 

 that crosses the bouldery bed of the river many times. Thence quit- 

 ting the Khdla you commence the severe ascent of Lakshmi chiiria, 

 which is climbed incessantly till you reach the halting place near the 

 hill top. Lakshmipiir is a large and nourishing village of Limbus, 

 where men and goods abound, and the climate is fine and the water 

 cold — a great relief after the burning Tars recently traversed. 

 20th Stage to I'bhang, East, 3 cos. 



After a slight descent of 1^ cos you come to Pokharia Khdla, a small 

 stream which is at once crossed. Thence a slight ascent of one cos up 

 the ridge of Nangi, along the top of which another half cos brings you 

 to the halting place, which is a Khas village of large size. 



* Of the seven Cdsis, the Tamba and Likhu are lost in the Sun Cosi, and the 

 Bamn in the Arun, the latter, far above the route. Tirbeni is immediately above 

 Baraha Kshetra before noticed, as the point where, or close to which, the united 

 Cdsis issue into the plains. 



