Rivers, Gancrs anv Jumna. 81 
not-atpresent inhabited, ta del full Joc ead SAE: -» 1300 18 
4 AA fine view up the river which for several miles above 
this, flows in a more expanded bed in a narrow valley 3 
the feet of the mountains bounding it, are less steep, 
and are clothed with cedars, Good path along 
sand and pebbles in the river’s bed, the current of 
which more gentle though very swift. The bed 
is about 600 yards wide, and will be overflowed when 
the river is at its height. Lower line of snow, 
generally, 2000 feet, above the river, though several 
Avalanches reach down to its margin, Jhala 290 ; 
Soan Gadh river (mouth of) 6. The air is very 
COLDS sleieisee stays & olege a steye roy poo byssl oa ais « soceveeevess 2000 1] 
5 Ascent and descent of a rocky point above the river, 
We have now turned the snowy range, seen from the 
plains, and brought it to our right, as will be seen 
by the change in the courses; the march from Dangal 
to Suct, and on to this place, may be considered, as 
in that gorge of the Himalaya, through which the 
river forces its way, to the foot of those mountains of 
the second order, which are the beginning of the spurs 
of the grand range. We have now the great snowy 
peaks on both sides of the river, and it is henceforward 
bounded by thems those to the right, are visible from 
_ Hindustan; those across the river, or to our left, are 
not visible from the plains, being hid by the southern 
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