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gorge, and its course cannot be longer than three or 
HOUTGMNILESS ctelelei ols ois e's o/c ei ele oes v's wielbisias's oeleiy'as' ee LODE 105, 
18 Gangotri. The small temple of Ganga Mat and 
Bha girat?ht, on right bank of the Ganges, ..s00..0.. S75 Do. 
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Tus path to-day was of the worst description, and is on the whole I 
think the most rugged march we have hitherto had, though there are not 
any long ascents, Nothing can be more unpleasant than the passage 
along the rotten ladders, and inclined scaffolds, by which the faces, and 
corners of the precipices, near Bhairog’hatt are made, The rest of the 
way lies along the side of a very steep mountain, and is strewed with 
rocks. The views of the snowy peaks which are on all sides, were very 
grand and wild. 
Tue rocks are of granite, but of a lighter colour than usual, and specks 
of a bright black sparry substance are interspersed in them, at the 
distances of from one to three inches, 
"Tu rivers bed from Bhairog’hatt to Gaurécund, was between mural 
precipices of 2 or 300 feet highs above them was the steeply inclined 
ground, along which our path laid.—Though very rocky, there were 
many places with soil, where the cedars grew, but not large—Above the 
path to our left were bare rocky precipices, on the summit of which the 
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