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march abovementioned, it forces itself through the range. The Brdhman 
says that at the village, and for the last day’s march to it the mountains 
are bare of trees, and that they are not the Cylds mountains (i. e. not 
what we call snowy mountains, but that the Cylds peaks towards Gan- 
gotré ave seen to the right, and so they would be, if we suppose the 
course of the Jahnevi up, to be about N. 70 Bast; and the course of: 
the Ganges, is, we know from hence considerably to the S. of East. By 
the way I may mention here, that Cylds is a general appettation-for high 
ranges always covered with snow (in the same way as we say Hi- - 
malaya or Himachal, (which ‘last indeed literally means snowy peaks). 
At Neilang the houses are built very low, on account of the high winds. 
Travellers suffer much from’ difficulty in breathing caused as they say by 
the bic’h or bish i, e. exhalations from poisonous herbs which sTrow on 
the high bare knolls. This frontier district of Tungsah appears to be 
considered to belong, to what they call here Boat or Tibet, and they. 
' pay their land tribute to a collector who comes from Chaprang, of the 
distance or size or direction of Chaprang I could not get any satisfactory 
account, but it appears to be a Chinese dependency. The district also 
gives to the Raj at: Bassdhir a blanket per man every third year, and a 
small complimentary tribute of Déc’h (caisins) to the G’harwai Raja. 
The inhabitants are called Do-bhdshias from their speakin2 the languages 
of both G’harwat.and Bhoat and they act as interpreters and brokers. 
Tue. exports. from Rawaten are, rice, mandwa and papra (coarse 
grains). Tobacco. and) Tamaskas; Imporis, salt, and thick woolen cloth 
and wool,, 
