Iff ACCOUNT of' A JOUaNEY to the Sources op the 



ward along the courfe of the Paber till its jundion with the Tonfe, and 

 then followed that river, eroding it by a bridge of ropes, nearly 

 to the fpot where it is met by the Loha CundiidLnge, which we croffed 

 con fiderably to the northward of its ftream, and on the 9th July we 

 reached the village Cotlia, fituated on the right bank of the river 

 Jumna about 2 miles above its bed. The fort of * Jauntgerh is not 

 f^r diftant on the oppofite fide, and the road to Sir inagar croffes this^ 

 river a litde way below the village* 



As i had much anxiety to vifit Jiimnotri and Gangotri, the foarccs 

 of the rivers Jumna and Ganges, (or rather of the Bhagirathi, the priaci- 

 pal facred fource of the Ganges) placesof peculiar fan6li y to the Hindus i 

 I profited by an opportunity better than could ever a^gain occur, and 

 parting from my brother, who purfued his way to Sirinagar, tookp 

 with as few attendants as was confident with prudence and neceiiary 

 comfort, the road which leads to the firll mentioned place. 



10th Jufy.»-~.Lv:T:T f Cotha paft 9 o'clock, the road winding in a genera.1 

 diredion to N. E., following the deep indentings of the ravines and 

 Taileys, that furrow the mountain fide and pour their ft reams into 

 the Jumna, which winds fkr below ;, foraetimes it is varied by (harp af« 

 cents and defcents, but keeps nearly on a level till we reach a pafs 

 or gorge, named Chamri-Cf Dhar, the end of a lofty range that coming.! 

 in a weflward diredion continuous ivora Burujtli-Ci-Dhdr, ends in the- 

 Jumna, On our way to this point we pafled through one or tWO' villages^ 

 but the cultivation is neither extenfive nor promifrng. From rhis ftation: 

 an extenfive view would have been obtained including Birat,.. Badrdjg 

 and feveral of the hills above the Dehra Dun, as well as the extenfive 



* Jauntgirh\% the place to which Bhulbodder Sing tetteated aftct ihe. cvacujtioa of Kalwga^ «Q<1 

 5iom whence Msjur Baldock was repulfed by him. 



"•X ^<qm Qatha^ we had beaiingj of Jaunty Bitat and Badraji 



