88 A. SURVEY OF THE 
The descent to the Sangha is of the steepest kind. and 
partly by a ladder. The Sangha is inclined far frem 
the level, and as seen from the height above it, cannat 
fail to inspire the beholder with anxiety as to his safe 
passage over it. It is indeed by far the most formida- 
ble Sangha I have seen; the height of the platform 
above the river, we measured by dropping the chains 
it was 60 feet; one is apt at first sight to estamate it at 
much more, however this height, added to-the circum< 
stances of the narrowness of the Sangha (about at feet 
wide) its elasticity, and its inclined position, is sufficie 
ent to render its passage disagreeable, it being (like 
ali the rest) quite open at the sides. dt 4s laid from 
one side of the precipice to the other, ‘the end on the 
left bank-is the highest, the precipices.in some places 
are quite perpendicular, in most, nearly so, ‘rising’ -to 
the height of 3000 feet above the stream, they are 
of compact granites on some ledges there is a little 
soil, where the cedars. fix their roots, he river 
below the Sangha is closely. confined by the wall like 
rocks, which are perfectly perpendicular, and. .its 
course is thus bounded, nearly to Gangautri, The 
breadth of the stream is about 45 feet, and it is deep 
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