JUMNA AND BHAGIRATHl'' RIVERS^ S13 



, ihere arc^ many bad fleps ; two miles from the bridge, on tbc oppofite 

 fide, the Shear Gad'h enters the river, which rifes in a lofiy wild range 

 to the north of Be^derpuch'h, cdMzd Ukum D'hir, along which there is 

 a very dangerous path leading to the remoter parts of Eewaen- The 

 liiliitielf fecms4o be anobje6l of^ fuperrtitious fear- to the hill people. 



The courfe'now was' nearly ead, and the road became very difficult. 

 Two Idrge flreams join the river a litde way on ; the Guniti, and the 

 Hers'ila ^'^ajigd- - The firft bean a iargs body of water along a moH- 

 craggy aadtreraendouLScleft in the rig-h-t bink, and, we are t!)|dv,.t:alies 

 Jts rife-onthe fouth^eaft fide of a foowy hill called AT^.^,?/, forming part 

 of thei boundary becweea i^^w^e/i and'^i/M^r^' and probab'y. runs in 

 a dired-ioo from fouth<»vveft tonorth-ead, or from well to eafi;, to the 

 north of nettderpuc/t''h and its range ; it is (aid to be eight diy's journey 

 hence to the north-weft, the road through fnow, and very arduous and 

 dangerous, ..The i?ycA(?r men v/ho come to Gangotn and the neigh- 

 bourhood, either from religious motives, or to- Heal iiieep, makeufeof 

 this road, whea thefeafoa admits of it. - 



The H.'rsHa Gangd, jufl above the others is of iefs fize, the chafra it 

 runs in, as wild : it has its rife in the Oareira range, and between- it and 

 the Gumti, there is only a narrow ilip of (harp rock near their de^^ 

 houche-, the gup in the river barik, that admits thefe two riversj is very 

 iremarkable for i*s (harp craggy nef^o - 



Just beyond, on the eaflern bank, are'the ruins of a village named 

 Cachaurn, where once a liana lived who held Hvay over all Tcxnaur i 

 but Ibrne quarrel arofe wich the ^■bii/iii', who live under the ChJnefe 

 dominion at no great diftance from hence, and thefe people came and 

 deftroycd the village, depofed the Rana, and dmohflied a temple^ 

 which was in confiderable repute, to the God Rais, The pandit of 



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