196 'ACCOUNT of a JOURNEY to the Sources of the. 



whelm us ; and in fad, the bed of the river is here ftopt up by a p^ro* 

 digious mafs of fnow, which has carried down with it a mighty ruin of 

 rock and foil. From under this mafs of fnow one jftream 

 flows ; and just above, the At'h-paifa Gunga, equal to the branch which 

 retains the name of the Jumna, rufh-es down in a broken catarad: from 

 the ravines of fnow. From hence turning to the left, and clambering 

 over a rapidly afcending fucceflion of rocks, in a fliort way, we rear'.. 

 JumnotrL 



The fpot which obtains this name, is in fad a very fhort iiffance 

 from the place where the various fmall (Ireams which are form^ on 

 the mountain brow, by the melting of many maifes of fnow, unite 

 and fall into a bafon below; to this bafon however, there was no ac- 

 cefs, for immediately above this fpot the rocks again approach over the 

 ilream, though their heighth is lefs formidable than below, and bar 

 further progrefs in the torrents bed ; a mafs of fnow, blocks up 

 the further exiremity of this pa fs, and the river iifues from under it r. 

 between the two rocky banks, the bread of the mountain appears 

 and clofes the view, of vivid green, and furrowed by time into 

 numberlefs ravines, down which are feen trickling the various fources; 

 ©f this branch of the Jumna,. 



At the place where it is cuftomary toperfom ablution, the rock om^ 

 the Ni. E> fide of the river is very fleep, and feems of the fame nature- 

 as that which has been x\0'\ct^: ^tx AJari Gerh, apparently quartzofe,. 

 and chiefly white,! but exhibitmg a variety of fhades and colours. 

 The firu6f are bke that too is /^77z//?<2r, 2nd from between the la '' 

 run feveral ftreams of warm water. There are feveral c 

 fources: and one particularly, wheLce fprings, a column c 

 very confiderable fize, fituated \n. the btd of the river betv. 

 two large flones;, and over 1% fdUs a flrcam of the liycr w ,. 



