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applying long strips of paper to it, in the mode v/hich the natives practise 

 in taking off' the impressioja of a seal, 



26th. Marched to Manheri. Latitude 30" 45' 15' N. Distance about 

 six miles. Thermometer in the morning 53% but the heat at noon, 

 in the vallies, was very great. The road lay principally through the 

 valleys, and was in general good. 



27th. Marched to Bat'heri. Latitude 30° 49' 5" N. Distance six and 

 a half or seven miles. Thermometer in the morning 54". 



The road to-day was very bad ; the ascents and descents being too 

 steep to admff of proceeding in the Jampudns. The grounds in some 

 parts are allotted to the culture of poppy, which Appeared to be in a very 

 thriving state ; and we were informed that the opium extraded from it 

 was of an excellent quality. 



The village of Bat'heri is placed on the hill, about three hundred feet 

 above the bed of the river ; to the S. of it runs a small rivulet called 

 the Retal JVadi, which issues from the mountain, and falls into the 

 Bhdgirat'hi. There is a small temple sacred to Mahadeva. It is con- 

 stru6led of large stones, piled one above the other, without mortar 

 or cement. The form of it is conical, with a square sloping rc^of; 

 and altogether, it has a great resemblance to a Chi?iese model. On 

 the opposite side of the river is an extraordinary cascade, which issues 

 from the sumijnit of the mountain, and exhibits five distindl falls of water, 

 one above the other. The lowest i$ the most considerable, descending, 

 from the height of ninety or a hundred feet, in a perpendicular and solid 

 body. The top of the mountain is covered with snow, from the melting 

 of which the waterfall derives its chief supplies. Near tliis village, we 



