JUMNA.AND BHA'GrRAT'Hl' RIYSRS;.. " fll 



No living thing was feen on this march fave the monal^ which flocked , 

 together in packs,. and appearedo'f a fpecies lomeWhat different from^^ 

 ^ thofe in a lower region, 



fu'y iS. — The morning was mi fly 5 the gorge oiCKMyd CantS 

 was however diflinguifhable at a prodigious heighth above us» 

 That pafs, we are informed, was thelcene of a great battle betweenfi 

 the rebellious zemindars of the remote parts of - Reivaen, and the 

 troops of the raja; uhich, to tht amount of 2000, were fent to 

 £olle6l the revenue, and punifh the notorious and daily robberies 

 which were there committed. The zemindars upon this foreign inter-;' 

 ierence, joined and enccuniered the weary and flarved iroops^ ^^sad^ 

 killed the greateil pact of them. 



Leaving our pleaf;int grove, .we defcended quite into the nuIlahV- 

 bed, and by a rough intricate path through thick juiigle, we reached 

 the 5/J^/ G^^Vj, a rapid torrent of the fame fize as the Rindi Gad'h, 

 and croIFed it by a wooden bridge, whence a deep afcent led us to 

 Candi'Cd-Ghatm Cmidj-d-D/idr. This probably ends the detail of ridges - 

 which aie thrown off by Bcadcr^pucfihy and its dependent" hil's,, and 

 which we have croITed on our route during thefe two lad marches* 

 The ravines dividing thefe, all fend their waters to the BhagiraiKi^ and 

 chiefly between the villages Sucht and Gujfake ; but many inferior 

 ranges rife, which fl retch to the fouth ward as far as the plains^^ and 

 fwell that river with the dreams they-give birth to. 



From this heighth we firfl obtained a momentary glimpTe of the 

 i^/if/o^/r^i'Af, running far below in a narrow rocky bed, and the enor^ 

 moudy lofty and fharp peak of- Sri Ca-.ta,' diftinguifhed between 

 clouds, gave a noble earneft of what the view v\ould have been if 

 v/cather had at all ItvdLired us, but mid agaia enveloped us and diC* 



