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pass, which they call his Chokey, or watch-house. His Sanskrit name 

 in the Puraii'as is Darddures'wara, or our lord in the shape of a 

 Bull-Frog. The pass is about two miles long, and at some distance 

 from it to the right, is a small hill called Angdkeryd, or of the loaves. 

 There was the oven of Locd-mdtd, or the mother of mankind, in which 

 she used to bake bread, for her numerous offspring : but once through 

 her indiscretion, all her loaves were turned into stones, which now lie 

 scattered all over the country. They are circular, and about five or 

 six inches in diameter, and Angdkeryd in Hindi, is a round loaf of that 

 size, now very seldom used, at least in this part of the country. They 

 are made of wheat : but in the Scanda-pura'na it appears, that all 

 these stones, or perhaps part of them only, were originally the fruit 

 of the Bilva-tree, and indeed they look very much like it, both in size, 

 and colour. To the left of the road, at the distance of about a mile 

 and a half, is the well of our mother, but seldom visited by pilgrims. 

 Near this hillock, resides a form of S'iva under the name of Angd- 

 keryd- Bhairav a, who defends the pass, and pours showers of these 

 stones upon the assailants, whilst Jhangdr or Jhancdra frightens them 

 with dreadful noises. They both defended it against Rama-chandra, 

 and his numerous army, for twelve years, when they were forced to 

 give way. 



A little further, at the bottom of the declivity, begins the dry bed 

 of a river, divided into four very distinct portions, by three depressions, 

 where this dry bed is hardly visible. The first part is very little 

 below the surface of the country, and full of round stones, upon which 

 pilgrims are directed to lay themselves down, and to perform Lo'tan, 

 that is to say, to tumble, or roll themselves smartly three times in 

 honor of the mother of mankind. Hence it is called the river Lo'tan. 

 This dry bed was excavated by Rdma-chandra, and his army, after 

 they had gone through the pass, in order to obtain water ; but in vain, 

 owing to the displeasure of Hinguld-Devi. The next portion of it 

 after the Lo'tan was made by Hanuman ; hence it is called his canal 

 nala, vdha or bdh. The third is the work of Lacshmaii'a, and is 

 equally denominated after him. There is his seat, or watching place, 

 called his Zeroed, or Seirungdh ; and by digging into the bed, good 

 water is obtained : it is about a mile from the sea. Then comes the 

 canal of Rdma, which is the largest and deepest ; hence it is called 



