Journal in the Sub-Himalaya. 547 



Determined to get upon the Suruck or made road, as soon as 

 possible. 



29th. Muttyana — 9 coss. Thermometer at sunrise 50°. The road 

 was very pretty to-day, being skirted with firs, larches, and other 

 trees. At Nagkundah there is a good bungalow, and here a grand 

 and extensive view opened upon us of the great Himalaya range, rais- 

 ing its huge peaks, the abodes of perpetual snow, in fantastic shapes 

 for an immense extent before our eyes. To the grandeur of the 

 scene was added the pleasure of beholding so near us the great 

 object of our journey, which was to visit these stupendous mountains 

 and the countries beyond them. Nagkundah is a very fine situation. 

 In the rear the view is bounded by the snowy top of Choor, and on 

 the right is the mountain of Huttoo, above 10,000 feet high, which 

 is also crowned with snow at this season. We had an invitation 

 from Lieut. Gerard, commanding at that post, to pitch our tents 

 near his house. Found the Rajah of Bussahir encamped near a 

 village on the road, to the house. He was on his way to Simla to 

 meet Lord Amherst, and hearing that the small-pox prevailed there, 

 had been getting himself vaccinated by Dr. Wilson, on a visit at 

 Gerard's: he is about 19 years of age. Kunawur, the country in 

 which we are going to travel, is a grand division of his territory. 



4th April. Dutnuggur — 9 coss. The weather, which for the 

 last two days had been rainy, cleared up, and we started in the after- 

 noon, descending rapidly nearly the whole way to the banks of the 

 Sutledge, on which Dutnuggur is situated. It was evening before we 

 arrived ; but the place was very miserable, and not worth seeing. 

 The change in the state of the corn in our descent was remarkable : 

 the barley which was not in ear at Koteghur, we found succes- 

 sively as we got lower, first in full ear, then partially yellow, and 

 at length on the banks of the river, quite ready for cutting. We ob- 

 served some apricot trees, with fruit as large as almonds. The Sut- 

 ledge does not appear more than forty yards across, but it is very 

 deep, and rushes along with great rapidity : making a tremendous 

 roar when occasionally interrupted by large fragments of rock. 



5th. Rampoor, 3,389 feet. We walked to the place, where in the 

 rains, when the river is high, a jhoolah is erected for crossing the 

 stream. It is about seventy yards wide here. A buttress is raised 



