470 SURVEY OF THE GANGES. 



We began now to descend by what is called the Magur Ghat ;- znd 

 it was two hours before we gained the base, which is watered by a ri^ 

 vulet called by the same name. From the middle of the Ghat, we had 

 a first view of the Bhdgirat'hi river, which was hailed by all our Hindu 

 servants, with loud acclamationSj and with the accustomed terras of salu- 

 tation and respedL 



2ist. Marched to Mangal-ndt'h<a-Thdn , which is a place of wo5> 

 ship, sacred to Mahddevti, and inhabi-ted by a Jdgk^ Its latitude 30^, 



■S6' 30'\ N. 



This morning the thermometer Avas S4^^' After ascending a Ghat 

 for about one mile, we came again in sight of the Bhdgirat'hi, distant 

 from us about two and an half or three miles on our right. The stream 

 appeared to run with great rapidity, and the breadth of it might be about 

 forty or fifty yards. On the E. bank v/ as a very pretty village, with fine 

 cultivation. It is called Haddidrl, and inhabited' by J4gis. As we pro- 

 ceeded, the river opened more fully upon us ; and we could perceive 

 its course, winding at the foot of the mountains, for a considerable dis- 

 tance, to the N. N. E. Some ©f the snowy tops of the Himalaya were 

 also visible, but v*^e gradually lost sight of them, as we descended into 

 the valley. The Magur river here hlls irito the BJidgirat'hf. Our road 

 now lay on the'W. side of the valley, which may be about one and an half 

 mile in breadth, and prettily interspersed with hamlets. This is the 

 only plain, deserving that appellation, that we have met with since we 

 quitted the Dhuti Perganah. This valley is entirely confined to the 

 W. shore of the Bhdgirdfhi ; the E. bank being the base of a very 

 lofty chain of mountains. . The hills on our left had a very barren 

 appearance; but the fertihty of the soil below began' to increase ^ as the 



