3UMNA AND BHA'Gl'RAT'Hl' RIYERS. SOT 



the afcent continued much further. In this bafon we pafftd a fmall 

 pool of water, held very facred ; it's name is xMdtrtci'Tdl, and 

 from k the chief ftream of Bhini-d-Gad'h iflues ; it is filled with 

 ice and furrounded with fnov/. 



From- hence we pafled.over another hollow and fleep' afcent of 

 fnow, which lies deep on maffes of bare rock, and reached the top of 

 thQ TidgQ. G^^'Atd Banfuru'cd-GhH, The cold was very great, and it 

 was painful tO remain any time in ina£lion, yet every one was indifpof-. 

 ed to move, and a tendency to fleep was very perceptible. The mo- 

 ment that any one who complained much of the oppreiTion at breafi 

 lay down, he inftantly dropt afleep, and was with difficulty roufed. 

 Eating a few mouth- fulls gave a ilight relief, but nothing materially 

 alleviated ir^ nor was any one free from the general fymptoras of de- 

 bility. 



If the line eao' be drawn with any degre© of cza£lnefs, the bottom of" 

 this afcent appears the extreme heighth to which vegetation extends. 

 At the top, there is not even the dull mofs or lichen feen below; the 

 i^ones are bare and unchanged, except by the air ; and no fign of life 

 appearsg except a few retnais, andthefe flew together in coveys. 



Thus being probably the higheft point to which we were likely to. 

 a.fcend, 1 took particular notice of the rocks which compofcd the 

 mountains ; fragments of which chiefly formed the ridge we flood up- 

 on. They were principally the fame as thofe remarked in the bed 

 of the Jumna, 



That hard done', formed of white and black materials, and hrfl 

 met with in^the Pabers bed was mod abundant ; micaceous fchifl much 

 mmtd with quaitz j and a fort of moderately hard blueifli Hone, much 



