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As '12 cos^ Several points were to be arranged before we iegsn our 

 jnarch 3 the ^ra/i?Kz»5 reque fled that no mujfulman might hQ allowed 



!rha direction of the exlensif-. and lofty lange ief Dhum D''har is cer<a5iiiy v*ry near aorth aad so"J*:h, 

 and it is uearly as certain, frana ih>s accounti of eyery one vrho wub iDterrogated, ^htt the Tonse arises 

 far Bonhj ou its vrestera facs, arid thus has a course from cjQSidsrably to the uorth of the Jumna. 



As no wood 83 to be foiiod on such rotiteg, Jhoee who travel aloag the hrgjier anJ taore iacleiaenfe 

 rfgioms of the hills, arc under the uert-stiiy of carrying blankets to protect them from i!iq rjgoar of the 

 cold while they lay hi holes ia the snow, or under stones, aad eat food raw, or presiousJy dressedjaud 

 tfeis is probably by no menns an uncomiaon mode of tiravellio^j for tjhere is a rest! from Btsehtr, aud 

 particularly from the ismoter pro^iicces ©f that stais, (o Btidsrinath and Cedar^ liat lays entirely be=, 

 t liind the rauges of bills ia sigki: fropa here, and of which very little can possibly p&aa nsar the habita^ 

 4ion3 ®f men ; this is frequemted both for parposes of detotion, audi of trafac iq salt and wool. T!is 

 youle adverted to in the narrative, leading, along the W!l of Nshsl^ and dswa the Ghumii G-anga, is 

 probably a path diverging from this irofflte to EatJarinalhf aud isideed it is evident that thsmouataUis 

 are peisaded 'm every diESStiorabj siciikc cutSj tiioagh t® thoeya af tfce ij&veUsf tfeey appear iispsy-^ 

 sible. 



3* is rekted, t^at about S5 years sgo, abamiS of 4i or 500 ffiteir, ttom Sk/xrussu^ and' ths'remetsir 

 parts of Gerwhal^ made am ioeuesiait through the hil'.a iaSa ili-i Chlaase territory, with a viev/ to plua- 

 dar* I could obt&ia no partisukES relating to tkeic FotiSe, or to the time It occupied, but they effected 

 their purpoae, bringtog back a good mauy sheep. If tkic ba a fact, it carroborates the idea that thera 

 are mnny more, passes through the Httr^alaya rauga, (thau Iiave cdaae to our kuowladge, or tha.;-. ars 

 generally supposed, throiiglt which It h iitactis&b'e to eoupay at least small suiaials. 



Further iufonastion v?as sought respecting th'na passes, Rud the Chinese territories, by tjuestisr.ing 

 Ili9 ftwo i3/jc/i.'»c!5 wko were brriugut to SIS at i[?Kri</f/ chey ware however peiraons from whom much • 

 ceold aofe be expocfedj th^y were poor iahabttiiQ'S of a ir/usrafele village, and had oflver travelled 

 mucb 9 what iliit-y did k.»awy howeves", they cowroauicated Id a way that chawed they did cot wauS 

 ■acutencss, and that ihey understood the object we had iu view 2u interrogating them | and being treated 

 kindly,, were V7£ll plcaaad to give 'gatisfaction. They spoke a broken sort o? Hindustani^ acquired ia 

 . tbcir,iMtsrcoursBV7itii the hill people, but their own languaga was perfectly distinct ia every respect. 



Tbfy stated that liliey wera iRhabifaiits of the tillage of Ckounmh, consisting of a few poor houses 

 Iu the purgunnak or district «t Chapning ^ the chief ufiicer {or suoadar, as they called him) is -•iASi- 

 «d Cat.ek, This village they state u> ba aboiit one no >titii'3 journey from beace, at thij rate of 9 to 

 22 cos per d»y • biit they evidently have no very dcCnite notion of a cos. I suspect their joarueys 

 4J0 not esf«ed 6 to 3 railrsj S( aietjjps far less, as ihty /tavfl ov^r a very difficult country, aci go 

 >j£'y slowly. They represent tl en ad as •xce'-Jingly lad : it lies for 10 days clcng the bed of the 

 Jah/ievi^ tracing it to its source, which lifs iit a lo'-y hill liallt-d by them Sattciiau; nnd its ccurse is 

 ■V8»y wl'idins?, but chiefly from tho enstwar I. Ano*' wr sircsin lakes iti riss from SandiaUy which 

 runs to Biseher, and debouches into tiie Seilvj, at a <>l«co they called Ho! be. The liaoie ©{ this sictamj 

 ihey call Lingeen Kaid. 



:Chaprat\g is a large (ov7n, siiuate 1 it< a plain whero there is nothing but short grass jno woo 1 oC 

 any sort. It is one momh'a journey from their vilhg-, In a northerly direction ; oae fiay»s irarcfc, 

 throdgh saow and <hrough Mils, all very bad and riig;ed road, the rott a level plain. In the conrie of 

 this journey, they passtho Setlej livisr by u tmigo or vroodea bridge ; it is even then of consiilerabic 

 S'se, and it goaa xuider (he name of Lang'^in-T'haug : but they know it ta bt the samd s(r«»i&.f 

 Vfhich, til Jiuiher, U called iafwrfra or i>eCli^'. 



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