516, SURVEY OF THE GANGES. 



27tli. Therm. 56°; the morning raw and chilly. Marched to /o>^i° 

 :math: Lat. 30®o 33'. 40". This village is situated in a hollow rece-ss, on 

 the scarp, aboqt a third way up the mountain, and sheltered, on three 

 sides, by a high circular ridge; while the, lofty mountains^ to the N. se- 

 ■cure it from the cold blasts, which blow over the Hhndlaya. The en- 

 ■trance to the town is by a bank, cut into steps, faced with slate and stones. 

 It contains one hundred, or one hundred and fifty houses, neatly built^ of 

 grey stone, and roofed with shingles. They are raised to the height of 

 two or three stories, with small areas or enclosures, with a flagged ter- 

 race. The streets are paved, but in a very irregular manner; some 

 parts with large round stones, and other vWth flags of slate. The first 

 objea that, attracts notice, on entering the town, is a line of water 

 mills, placed on the slope, at the distance of fifteen 04; twenty yards 

 ■from each other. The water, whiek turns them, is supplied by a stream, 

 which flows down the mountain, and, having passed through the upper 

 :inill, is conducted to the-next, by a communication of troughs, made of 

 ^the hollowed' trunks of firs. A few . paces beyond, is the house of the 

 ^MauMl-m: h\gk-^mestd( Bhadn-J^dt'h, who resides here, during the six 

 ;'mQ-nths-vof the yesr that,. ttie. .temple at that place is^ shut up. At the com- 

 ;Tnencement-.of the cold weather, when the snow begins to accumulate on 

 the mountains, all the inhabitants quit that neighbourhood, and take up 

 their residence at this place, until the roads become again accessible. 

 Adjoining to this house, is a temple, containing the image of Nara- 

 SiNGHA, one of the Hm^M deities. It was placed here, by a native of 

 Camdon, of the Jdsz (Jydtishi) class of Brdhmens ; and this town has 

 since borne its present appellation, in honor of the idol. The building 

 is said to be three hundred years old ; but it has the appearance of being 

 of much later date^ ^nd resembles a private habitation much more than a 



