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care of his collections there till they could be sent down to Kangra 

 after the rains. Deponent knows nothing more of them. 

 17. The 3rd party consisted of 



9. Hurkissen Tewari, of Almorah, Native Doctor, Observer, 

 and Collector. 



10. 



Krishna 



•>■> 



ditto, 



Assistant to No. 9. 



11. 



Panchum 



j? 



Paori, 



Compassy. 



12. 



Magna 



■>t 



Kullu, 



ditto. 



13. 



Sirtaj 



)j 



ditto, 



ditto. 



The first of whom No. 9 is the person from wham most of this 

 information is derived. They parted from Adolphe Schlagintweit 

 when he crossed the Para Lassa into Tibet, on the 31st May, 1857. 

 During the month of June, they were employed in travelling, mak- 

 ing observations and collections down the Bhagga valley by Shigri 

 and Kaksan back to Khardong, where they remained till the 

 return of the two Chuprassies from Ladak, 20th July. In pursu- 

 ance of the instructions then received, they proceeded by Koksar 

 and Shigri again, across the Kulzun-La into S. Pite, where they 

 were joined in August by 14 Murh, No. 6, of the first list, who after 

 leaving the despatches from Ladak at Sultanpore, brought back a 

 supply of money (500 Eupees). The party then continued their 

 journey through Haugrang and Kundur, up the Baspa valley across 

 the Rupin Pass into Rawain, and thence to Deyra, arriving 11th 

 October. Hurkishen hearing a bad account of the road across the 

 Eupin, sent the Chuprassy Umrli, with the poney recovered from 

 the run-away Moonshee Mahomud Husan, round by lower Bischr, 

 in spite of which the animal died on the road at Eampore, as 

 certified by a letter from the Eaja of that ilk. 



18. Hurkishen's instructions were to go on to Puttehgurb, and 

 expect Adolphe Schlagintweit there by the end of October, but the 

 disturbed state of the country in that direction rendering this 

 impossible, he remained at Deyrah, making observations, repairing 

 instruments, and expecting letters from Adolphe Schlagintweit till 

 the 12th of December. Getting no news of his master, he then 

 deposited his collections in the Surveyor General's Office, discharg- 

 ed some of his Establishment (Nos. 12, 13, and 14), and proceeded 



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