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experienced, or seen, 'but from a distance, the element ki this flaky state 

 Gf congealment. The description the Munski gave of the appear'= 

 ance of the river, corroborated by the observations of bis companions, 

 was such as accorded -V^ith or<r previous infoririation. A few miles 

 beyond Ga?igptri, tlisjiver is entirely concealed, under beds of snow; 

 .be3^ond which no person has hitherto been .able to penetrate. The 

 breadth of the stream is about fifteen or twenty yards; the current mo- 

 derate, and not a|)ove waist deep. Tsvo miles beyond, is the spot called 

 Qaii-muclii, or the cow's mouth. It is a large .stone, situated in the middle 

 pf the |>ed; tjie .watej passes pn each side, but a small piece of the frag- 

 ment is disclosed abpve the surface, to which fancy may attach the idea 

 of the object.* The river runs from the direction of N. by E. and, ,on the 

 bank nea,r Gangotn is a small temple, about eight or ten feet high, con'^ 

 taining two or three images, representing the Gangdy Bhagiratlu, Sec. 

 There are three Cundas or |)asQns, w]iere the pilgrims bathe, called 

 Brdhma-cundai Vishnu-cunda and Suryd-cunda, formed in the bed of the 

 river. The mountains in the vicinity, have a. very barren appearance; 

 the only tree produced there is the Mi/ir/"^|>afr J, 



;i9th. Ma^Rcjied to ,Gustz. Lat. so 13' 11". Thermometer in the 

 morning 72*. The road to-day was good; and, for the greater part, 

 along the banks of the Alacana7idd. We met on the road a great num- 

 ber of pilgrims j returning from Bhadri JVdt'ka and Ceddr-Mdt'ha. 



gotho Marched, at half past six in the morning, when the ther- 

 mometer was at 75|, and encamped at noon, in a confined spot, near 

 a deserted village^ about one hundred and fifty feet above the river. 



A cow. 



