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ddr. To these, and the four v/ho had continued with us from Josimat-h',- 

 v/e committed the articles most essentially necessary to our comfort ; and^ 

 leaving the remainder of our baggage, proceeded along the banks of the 

 Chupe'la, and over an ascent called Sancot-GJidt, through a forest of Atis, 

 Pdngar and oak, to the village of Sancdt, a village of forty or fifty 

 houses, beautifully situated on the top of a gentle eminence, in the midst 

 of a circular table ledge, about one mile in diameter. Lat. so'' lo' 16' „ 

 The inhabitants were friendly, and came forward with supplies of every- 

 l^ind, on moderate terras. 



The lands in the vicinity of the village, and the sides of the hill, were- 

 richly cultivated ; producing different kinds of grain. It belongs to the 

 Budhdr Perganah, which was formerly under the charge of Mohen- 

 SiNH, the De'wdn of the Raja, and was particularly famed for the fertility 

 of its soil„ A direct intercourse was^ at one time, carried on with the 

 Buttyas, who came hither, to purchase grain, which they found cheaper, 

 and in greater abundance, than at most of the other markets. In ex- 

 change for it, they brought the produce and manufactures of their own 

 country, but principally wool, made up in small skeins called Ce'rias, and- 

 some of the inhabitants at this place still gain a subsistence, by the man- 

 ufacture of it into coarse Pj;zc7iz5. (blankets.) 



A GREAT many of the inhabitants were afflicted with large tumors 

 in the neck, which they ascribe to the qualities of the water ; but there 

 are no snowy mountains in the neighbourhood, nor would it appear tljat 

 any of thes^ springs or rivulets proceed, or derive increas-e, from any hills 

 of that description. 



ixth. Therm. 6^. Heavy rain early in the morning. Marched to 

 Culsdri, a village situated on the nortli-east side of th<j PnuLu' river, be- 



