JUMNA AND BHAUrRAT'Hl' RIVERS, g09 



Taid that in clear weather, the plains of Eindiiftan may be feen from 

 bence ; but a thick fog, with heavy rain enveloped us at this timCj, 

 and completely baffled the hopes I had of gaimng any ufeful bear- 

 ings. 



A vsRY Reep rapid and diScult dp.fcent begins here and carried u§ 

 to the fource of Chinpo-gdd'h\ which is here formed fiom a numlier 

 of fburces, from the melting fnow. We followed t:he courfe of this 



fiream, rapidly defcending for a very long' way, till it is joined by 

 another and far larger one^ called Uindi-gdd'h, w^hich has its rife in a 

 prodigious fnowy hill named Dud/an-ci-Bamec, to the north weft: it is 

 very rapid and impadible. The fpot tvhere thefe flreams meet is 

 called Lama T'halan, and is very lovely. 



Pursuing our courfe along the united fiream, now known by the 

 ri&mt o^ Ri'ndi' Gdd'h, WQ crofled it upon a very large mafs of ice, 

 which filled up the bed for a long diftance; and a mile further, on reach- 

 ed a fpor, thick in foreii, which is marked by fome very noble fir and 

 fycamore trees, under the Xhade of which our guides propofed that we 

 fhould pa fs the night; and thus, the formidable journey which they 

 earneftly diffuaded us from, and which was reckoned by Govind 

 Bhiset at 40 cos, proves to con fi ft of not more than 27 * miles, 

 or 18 cos ; n. dillance v.'e could eaiily have traverfed in 

 two daySj but for the following reafons. That but iew fituations 

 are found where the rcquifites for fiielter and lire, may be 

 met with, fo as to be fit for a halting place. Bkim-cUUddr being 

 al-mofl: the only one ; rUid even there fuel is only procurable at 



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