!B6 ACCOUNT of a J0UR'^'E7 to the Sovkce^ ot the 



its iaieil and tafle, however, reTembled the other, and around its fource 

 ■upon the rock, there was a colie6lion of ttum, formed of green Ilime 

 arfd the red concretions before mentioned ; ihis was found in their 

 united ft ream 5 lintilthey reached the river ; from i!ie niir.ner in wliich' 

 this '.Tater ifllies from the rocT?, it would feerr), that its lource mufl be in 

 the body of the -rock .above« but there is' no othsr njjpearance what- 

 ever to lead to a conjeflure refpcaing its forrn.if ion ; in the courfe cf 

 the Jumna^ however, there axe, many fuchfpiin^^ of warm water, 



A MOUGH 'afcent and defcent l)rought us to a bridge, which, 

 a^oout a mile from Jfari Ge,h, cicfT.-s the Jumna, here di- 

 miniihed to a fmill but rapid torrent. The^ bridge is laid from 

 e%elirge-fione to' another acrcfs a chafm. r.hout i ^ to iSfeet broad,' 

 throHgh'whieh the ftream flows with a violence that v/ould quickly 

 prove iatal to -any one falling into \t. Hence the road rifes on the left 

 bank of the river, and paffes through the Tmall and poor village of 

 Terj|e/2, and among fcattered and ragged fields of cultivation, to the 

 lillage of 6'w,'>A^r^, which has been a large and populob? plice, but is 

 now in lamentable decay, 'There is here a temple to Vishnu, under 

 th^ ftame of Nag Raj a ; and we found the'villagers preparing to carry 

 tne image, with fongs and dancing, to be bathed at JuTHnotri, an aRnu'-. 

 al ceremony. Here the hills about the river open out a little, though' 

 there is httle cultivation or room for any. Palid is alnioil the higheft 

 Village on the oppofite or right badk; and the whole traft between the 

 Jumna and TGnfe^ faid to be a fpace' of 30^- cos, is a wild' and favage heap 

 cf rocky barren peaks, and dark impervious ravilies. On the Tonfc, how« 

 ever^ even near to its fource, there are many villages, and a good deal of 

 land under culture. The diilande between the Juwna and EMghnf'^' 



* This <lista.,ce is in all probahir.ty much exaggerated. I have ualformlv f-und n 

 by .tport freqa.nHy (« near double (lie trufli, eVp.m!!y «h.u .I>e rond vv»s ■ ificult: .., , <. .. .k. 

 reriiaps dcei not exceed %b mU, hori^uuUi di.£a:>ce~u ^j, probably is ciuch less,' 



