OF THE RIVER SETLEJ. 893 



substantial village about half-way, we stopped to breakfast, and admired a 

 handsome temple with its gilt spire. From Chegaonthe descent continues, 

 and becomes rather difficult and even dangerous just before leading to the 

 river bed ; the path then continues along the level flat a few feet above the 

 river. On the opposite side we noticed the Melang Glen far retired within 

 the snowy range; a considerable stream which waters it joins the Setlej ; a 

 pass leads up the bed of it into Chuara, but it is more difficult than either 

 the Bruang or Role passes. "With the exception of these deep glens, with 

 which the mountain sides are every where intersected, there is little to admire 

 in the scenery which this part of the valley of the Setlej displays. Naked 

 and lofty precipices, or bare and broken declivities, present little to attract 

 attention, after the fiist edge of wonder and fear is worn off; and we had. 

 seen so much of this kind in the upper part of Kanavver, that these features 

 had now lost their power over us. We had, in Macbeth's words, " supped 

 full with horror," and " direness familiar to our thoughts could not now 

 start us." 



Thermometer 42°. From Spara Wodar the path gradually ascends for 

 about two miles, when there is a steep descent, chiefly by steps, to the bed 

 of the Babe or Wungar river, a furious and rather large torrent, which is 

 crossed on a sanga of about 40 feet in length, and 26 feet above the stream. 

 This scene is really picturesque and romantic in a high degree. A purgnn- 

 nah, called the Babe, extends up the bed of the stream ; it contains the fol- 

 lowing villages: Dutarang, Gramang, Yangpa, Krabe and Kampanang. 

 Immediately below the confluence of this river is the jhula of Wongtu, by 

 which the Setlej is crossed. There had formerly been a bridge here, the 

 remains of which are even yet visible; it was similar to that at Puari which 

 I before compared to that at Wandipur in Butan, and of which a view is 

 given in Turner's Thibet. On each side are fixed several tiers of stron°- 

 beams inclining upwards, and each tier projecting about live feet beyond 

 the one below it. When the distance between the ends of these beams is 

 reduced to about 40 or 50 feet, a few planks or spars of that length are laid 



