iT 09^1 JO0ENEY ^ fffE Sources of tes- 



tliroogh ibe whole of Bifehdr the marks of the- Gorc'ka violence, and 

 the proofs, of their temporary power in forts and ftrongholds ftill ; the 

 former are far iefa obvious than in GerwhdL It may be inferred from 

 this, that the ancient fpiriS' of liberty -and reOflaoce is iefs beat down^ 

 and the mental energies ' '.Ms- ddprelTed , in . this . . f cene, of recent, and, 

 fomcwhat milder conqueftj thayi iri chat of long eftabli.fhed tyranny. 



It appears too, that Bifeher, even in the rcmotefl parts, has kept up: 

 a greater and more general commercial intercourfc thaia its neighbour- 

 ing provinces : -the courfe of the Sdlej^ pafTrng through even its wildeft 

 diftricls, and coffimunicating wixh she plains of Buida on the one hand, 

 4nd thofe o£-th& Panj^bon the, other; give facilities for, and encour« 

 agcments lo trade, nof polleffed by. the north weftcra parts of GerwhdL 

 Many more perfons reach the plains oi Hmduftan ■ from Bi/eker, and 

 jnany merchants frequent it in returno Whilft, except a pilgrim tO' 

 Jfimnotri or Gmgotr.i^ none ever come or go to the countries, in which 

 ihefe are fituated. 



At 9- o'clock we left Jacoilcif detained till then by heavy fain, and 



marching a very fhort v/ay 'along theiiiil face, we defcended for up- 

 wards of a- mile to the rivers bed, by a very ,fte€p. rough and flippery 



path, which there winds along its bankj following the inflexions of the 

 ilreani, till we cro0ed Sekour Gad'k, oppolite which there are three vil- 

 laee one above the other, on the other .{idCi below theoj a fmall nullah 

 falls into the rivera Henee our road ran for a confiderable diftancCj. 

 partly along- rice cultivation^ and partly-;^ along fome flat table land' 

 which we now met with,- a little- elevated above the river bed in the 

 llollow of each reach-; paSed yumr€a'G^rkiMnQ\dhQ.vi[G or fort^ .pr,o»,., 

 jelling into the river on the oppofitefide, formerly a. place.,- of- cond-^- 

 derable fan6lity, and' where one of the -many ablutions -prefcribed ta>- 

 4h^ rcrigiaus. ou the way. io Gangotri was- performedf jult hslowg. 



