OF THE RIVER SETLEJ, 84£ 



mit, latterly above the limit of forest; our camp on the 24th, having attained 

 an elevation of 11,280 feet. Here we found just below our tents, the juniper, 

 and black and red currants; the latter having a sweetish taste. The ther- 

 mometer did not in the sun at noon rise higher than seventy-nine, and in the 

 shade only 67° 5'. The folio vung morning it was forty-one at day break. In 

 proceeding along this ridge we attained an elevation of 13,000 feet. This 

 part of the mountain was of. course far above the zone of forest. It was 

 however clothed with a luxuriant pasturage, richly enamelled with a thou- 

 sand flowers, many of which were familiar to us as the production of Eu- 

 rope. There was very little of rock visible; here and there a patch of 

 quartz of a dazzling white, and mistaken at a distance for snow. As the 

 ridge rose, the shattered tables of gneiss were seen to connect it with the 

 granitic peaks of the snowy chain. Descending from this lofty ridge we 

 reached Dudu on the Rupin where we had ordered our supplies to be 

 collected. The village is inconsiderable, and consists of but a few houses; 

 It is chiefly remarkable as the residence of a petty marauder, who, before 

 the establishment of the British authority, had contrived to make himself 

 feared by his neighbours, on whom he levied contributions. From Dutdu, 

 the route descended to the bed of the Rupin, which we crossed by aScmga 

 of thirty-five feet in length, ascending thence to Kuara, a substantial village 

 of about forty houses. The river was deep and rapid, and the mountains 

 of great height. 



On the 28th, we proceeded to Jako, the last village which we were to 

 meet with on the southern face of the snowy range. The path was upon the 

 whole difficult; our rate of progress being lit tie more than a mile an hour. 

 Two miles from Pujali or Kuara, we crossed the Rupin once more on 

 a Sanga, forty-four feet long, and eleven feet above the water. It seemed, 

 even at this advanced point, a large river and the current very strong. Af- 

 ter crossing, the ascent continues steep for about a mile, where the Rupin 

 receives another stream called the Berar, an equal body of water, if it be not 

 (as I thought) the greater. After this, there is a good deal of descent, and 



