Rivers; Ganers ann Jumna, 1938 
ed the Ganges to'be at the debouchiay. in the space’ of 6 or' 7 milesi2g 
J amofully satisfied, that if we;could bave'gone -further,/ that we should 
not haveiagain seen the river, and thatits appearance at Mancpwva’s haix, 
‘or whatever 'we may choose’ to call: it, -was the real.and first debouche - 
iof the Bhd gtrathi.—AllI regret, is, that we could not go to the ridge, to» 
See what'was beyond it.) Psuspect there must bea descent, but over 
long and impassable wastes of snow, and not: in-such a direction as: 
‘would lead direct'to: any plains, as: the course to bring one to such plains 
would be to the N. Kast or North, whereas the line of: ‘the rivers COUrSe, - 
‘or rather of the‘ridge-in front, wasto the 5. East, parallel to. the run of | 
the Himdlaya, which is generally from S. B..to N: W. Immediately. 
in front of the ridge, no’ peaks were seen, but on its S, E. flank, and 
at the distance of about. 18: miles, a-large snowy peak appeared, so - 
that I think there-can be:no plain within a considerable distance of the 
5. E. side of the ridge: if there be streams from its other side, they must 
flow to the S. Wast:—A ffer all, Ido not know how weshould have existed, 
ifpwe had been able-to go to the ridge, for:we could mot have arrived 
there before night, and to pass the: night: om these extensive snows, . 
without fireweed or shelter, would have-cost some of us our: lives, but of 
that we did not then consider much, (if we could have gone, we would). 
We had only-a few trusty men: with.us, and ashortallowance of grain for 
them, for this and the-following day, and had sent orders to the people left : 
‘at Gangotri, to make their way back towards Redtal, leaving ‘us what: 
grain could be spared, and to forward on .what: they might meet; as 
I bxpéetedl some from Revztal, from whence we were supplied during 
dur absence from it, of altogether 28 ‘days.—I ‘cannot suppose that by 
