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MTDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



and rock slides were again seen here in profusion, some being still 

 active as shown by occasional wreathing puffs of dust smoke. Manik- 

 arn, which presents some beautiful examples of kat-ki-kuni archi- 

 tecture had bat very slight damage, except to some roof slates and 

 to one or two houses where rocks fell from the cliffs above. Of the 

 several temples here, including an ancient stone-built one resembling 

 that at Baijnath, none were damaged. The people said that the 

 village did not rock much, but that the hills did so, and scattered 

 fragments all round. The celebrated boiling springs had not been 

 affected by the earthquake, except that they had slightly varied their 

 points of exit. The large one by the river side at the west end of the 

 village was seen to be in full operation, and giving off clouds of steam 

 visible from afar. At one of the covered bathing places the source of 

 the hot water had been cut off. Another spring in a private house 

 was shown to us, still flowing, although for 8 days after the earth- 

 quake it had dried up. These springs deposit masses of yellow cal- 

 careous tufa, and they also throw up small white seed or pearl-like 

 bodies called ' c manis, ' ' which are prized as ornaments and mementoes. 

 They also give off sulfuretted hydrogen, and stain the rocks, drains 

 and baths a reddish-brown colour. At Manikarn the valley narrows 

 considerably, and there is not very much more in the way of habita- 

 tions further east towards the source of the Parbati K. 



Manikarn to Naggar via Rashole and Malana. 



Returning part of the way down the Parbati as far as Shallal, we 

 Shattered crags, next ascended the steep little V-shaped valley of 

 near Rashole. Rashole. On the way we passed across numerous 



rock avalanches, then between frowning cliffs of quartz-schist and undeT 

 still smoking rock torrents that had left a trail of stripped and dead 

 deodar stumps showing far above our heads. The slipped surfaces of 

 the latter always showed some pale green mica along foliation and 

 shear planes. The sheared and splintered condition of this quartz- 

 schist must have been a potent factor in assisting the landslips and 



