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Rivers, GANGES AND JUMNA. 105 
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Alternate avalanches of snow and rock recently fallen.—_ 
River under an avalanche of 500 feet thick, the snow 
hard and frozen .,.,...,ss00. Braue Mo teiie estes cee o), OOO. ‘SO 
by climbing. River much confined, and the fall great 485 80 
A great fall of the peaks,—River bed filled with fallen 
rocks, and difficult to pass.—The stream, a succession 
_of eataracts, High peaks above......ssesessesees 691 80 
Over fragments. Here the river fails out of a snow 
bed, in a cascade of foam: ascend the great snow 
EM save ieayoete wk wlohe « pele anietc es Mecsas sve. JOO" -dittd 
Strong ascent of the snow bed, which is about 100 feet 
thick, over the river ...... a ea saretwaretieeee a’ 22h. 80 
Cascades of the river. Pass through masses of "es }1000} ae 
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difficult to climb: precipices above ...ecceseesesers 
Cross a torrent 6 feet wide and 9 inches deep; it comes 
from a cleft in the peaks to the left. River here 
under asnow bed; from last station isa rocky path 969 82 
River turns the foot of high snowy peaks to the right; 
precipices quite perpendicular to the left.—Rudra 
Himdlaya peak Oye AH Heokes & Abide giles Soldlog Oo 853 82 
Finding that the head of the river must be more distant 
than we expected, we sent back to Gangotre for a, 
aiTellk: Thantilen dc.cebe Vlei ENN Wig hin Bit intern Ui SiorieOias 
High mural precipices rising immediately from the river 
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