JUMNA AND BeA'G'HArHr RIVERS. ^41 



jum d-G'SiTh empties itfelf into the river; fomewhat further on, upon 

 *he ro2d (flill on the right fide of ihe river) we paiFed the fmail and poor 

 Village of Ifw where we faw fome of the h-rgeli peaches, 1 remember 

 feeing either here or at home ; we leckoned this place at kafi 5^ miles 



from Jacolla^ 



The path ilill leads along the river bank, occafionally on rice 

 grounds and at tia^es through ihcli, tangled, but fmall junjle to Godri- 

 gdd'h, aboEit 2 miles further on, a d ep an^i rapid ftreum which we 

 forded with difficulty and put fued our courfe to Rmi Gdahy a large 

 and deep torrent much ravelled hy the ri.js. Over this Ch')lla, which 

 ss fully 9 miks from Jac-}ui, the zemindars had gone to plac - a tempo* 

 rary bridge. We weie dr'ain-^d a full hour, till it was ready, and a 

 mod frail fabrick ic wts wben finifhed, confiilingof tvo fmiU round 

 Hicl^s extending from Ujc jeit bank to a 1 rge rock in the middl**, from 

 which, to the other bank, hree fnnilar ones tied together gave a moft 

 limber andunfteady mode of (ran fit; fuch was the machine on which 

 50 or 60 perfons, many with heavy loads were 'o crofs a wild mountain 

 ftream : by care however, although it bent till the wood touched the 

 Aream, we fucceeded tolerably well : the lleadinefs of thcfe hill peo- 

 ple in preferving their footing thou^ii heavy Id^n, in difhcuU fituati- 

 ©ns, is realiy furprizing; only 01 e accident happened, but it was a 

 fatal one. One unfortunite c;?^^ miift^d his iiep from the reaflion of 

 the timber, and fell into the ilream; ere a hand could reach him, he was 

 fwallowed up and carried away in a moment to the junclion of the 

 rU'hih, with the river, about 150 yard.s below, where his head for a 

 momc'nt. appeared fepara'ed from his load, but the foaming current of 

 the Lhdgirafhi here tumlding over lar^e rocks, with great noife, feizcd 

 him and hurried him along with its tremendous torrent. 



From the bed of Rb/i Gadfi, by a winding irregular road, we reach- 

 ed the top of the valley or reach, where liarahdt is lituated. At the 



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