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deficiency of supplies, and as we had been making rather severe marches ••$ 

 we thought proper to give the people a halt. 



The Hangarang pass is the boundary of that purgunnah, and in descend- 

 ing from it, we could not but observe how much even the separation of a 

 single ridge can alter the general face and appearance of a country. The 

 naked arid barrenness of Hangarang, was here exchanged for the green 

 and lively picture of a forest of deodars, juniper and walnut trees. The 

 difference was further perceptible in the luxuriant vineyards; the pro- 

 duce of which was presented to us on our arrival, and the advantage of two 

 crops in the year places it in a still clearer light. Wheat, oa, barley, 

 chenna, papar, ougal, and turnips, are produced; the three last following 

 barley, but wheat and chenna exhaust the soil. Wheat is sown in March/, 

 and cut in July. 



Sungnam is one of the largest villages in Kanawer; it cannot contain, I 

 think, less than eighty families. The people are all traders, like the rest 

 of the Kanaweris. Wool they import from Garu, which they manufacture 

 into Suklath or Sanklath, Doru, pankhis, and caps. Besides wool, they 

 import salt from Garu ; their exports are wooden dishes, iron, horse shoes, 

 tobacco, grain, and raisins. The tobacco and iron they receive from Ram- 

 pur, with specie also, in exchange for their woollen stuffs. 



This village is in Siia or Siiang, one of the sub-divisions of Kanawer. 

 It is situated on the left bank of the Rashkalang, a considerable stream 

 which joins the Setlej below Chasu ; there are also the villages of Gabun, 

 Taling, Chasu and Rupa ; the two first are on the right bank, the two last 

 on the left. The source of the river is in the high range called Damak 

 Sh6, which separates Kanawer from Ladak. On this side of the range, 

 Rupa is the last village met with, and on the other side Manes, a village 

 of Ladak, is the first which occurs; from Manes to Dankar, is three day's 



