gg MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



This river focus had been prolific in landslips during the earth- 

 quake, a result to be expected from the way the 



Slips and rock aval- , . , . . ,, - 



an rL .. gorges close in and increase in the steepness of 



their slopes at the water level. Immediately 

 opposite Larji where the roads takes a V-shaped curve up the Sainj river 

 the hill spur between it and the Beas was terribly shattered, and the 

 ever-moving talus cones being too wide for travellers to cross in safety, 

 a temporary rope bridge had been thrown across the Sainj at a point 

 below them. The rock of the spur showed intensely crushed lime- 

 stone, slate, epidiorites and diorites in the form of either dykes or 

 interbedded masses. The general strike is (as usually in this reach of 

 the Beas) N. W.— S. E. and the dip N. E. at 40°— 60°. Looking up 

 at the much-riven spur from the bed of the Sain] on the Larji side, 

 one had to crane one's neck to see the summit which made an angle 

 considerably over 40°. Two long and narrow debris cones descended the 

 crag from fissures in its upper parts and met at the bottom. These 

 were still in a constant state of movement when I was there, two 

 months after the earthquake ; and every now and then they discharged 

 small rocks and dust, the latter being caught by eddies of wind 

 and blown up in clouds, giving the' appearance of rising steam. I 

 attribute the same origin to these fissures as to those at the head of 

 the Neogal gorge, namely, gravitation acting with the earthquake 

 shock. I could see no trace of any primary fissures extending deep 

 into the rock such as might have caused the earthquake itself or 

 been part of its original manifestation. Near Larji some caves are 

 said to have fallen and killed some shepherds with their dogs 

 and sheep. 



A lake had been formed some few miles up the Sainj river, but 

 although I penetrated some 1 or 2 miles up-stream, 

 river e I found it impossible to reach it by the* river-bed 



route. In the distance on the left bank could be 

 detected further fresh land-slips and active screes which doubtless 

 were in the neighbourhood of the dam that had temporarily caused 

 the lake. 



