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JUMNA AT^ji BHA'cmAT'HI' RIVERS. MB 



gious buildings of every defcription, as well as the town itfelfj now 

 prefent a melancholy pidlure of ruin and decay ; even tht Dharam 

 Sdlas^ and provifions of charity, have not cfcaped. There were fevc« 

 ral fields and rich fpots of land^ attached to the temple of Parasuram, 

 for the purpofe of feeding the piigrims during their ftay here: bil£ 

 ihey have ail either been taken from it, or are laying wafte. 



July 16. — Aftir a mofl: uncomfortable night and procuring the 

 means of carriage for the baggage with confiderable difficulty, we pro- 

 ceeded on our journey, but went in the firft inftance to view the tem- 

 ples and places worthy of notice; but in fa£l little remains to detain 

 the traveller, fave the trident, which is furely a curious fpecimen of 

 the tifte of theTj4d time. Its three-fold compofition, the elegance of its 

 fhape, and the unknown chara6lers, that occupy much of its fhaftj 

 point it out as a Angular obje^ of admiration, interefl, and fpeculation, 

 for by what means it came there muft I fufpe6l remain quite an unde- 

 cided points This pillar has been fo minutely defcribed (I have un- 

 derftood,) by Meffrs. Webb and Rapbr, that it is perfedly unneceffiry 

 to repeat here what they muft have faid. 



At the turn of the river forming: the end of that reach in which 

 Barahdt is fituated, there is a jhuUa or hanging bridge of ropes, over 

 which leads the dire6i road to Srinagar ; below, the valley becomes 

 broader, and ftretches down in a wefterly courfe for feveral miles. 



Leaving the J'hulU on our left, we wound along by a water courfe, 

 carried for the purpofe of irrigation from Barahdti-cigdd'h, w^hich we 

 crofTed and afcended to Barahiti villaoe, about 2 miles from Bi^rahdt, 

 It has been a large village and it enjoys a fine pfofpe^l over all the 

 valley, but upon this, as on the rich cultivation and villages of this 

 valley, the hand of defolation has fallen, and left little but ruin?. 



